Chapter 8 - Federal Investigators Receive The First Encrypted Audio Copy
Back at the Manhattan penthouse office of Montes Enterprises, Rafael’s cyber security team was hard at work. The original audio file from Elena’s smartwatch had been uploaded to a secure federal anti-corruption database.
Agent Miller, a senior federal investigator specializing in high-society white-collar crimes, reviewed the transcript. He sat behind his mahogany desk, staring at the digital waveform representing Victoria and Alejandro’s argument.
“This corroborates the cold case file from five years ago regarding Sofia Moretti,” Miller told his junior analyst. “The voice stress analysis confirms Victoria was speaking about a recurring pattern of domestic violence.”
“Does Rafael Montes want to push for federal racketeering charges against Alejandro?” the analyst asked. “Mr. Montes just authorized full financial backing for our investigation into the family’s offshore shell companies,” Miller replied.
He picked up his desk phone, dialing a direct extension to coordinate a pre-dawn raid on Alejandro’s corporate offices. The net was closing rapidly around the arrogant shipping magnate, leaving him nowhere left to run.
Meanwhile, across town, Alejandro paced furiously across the empty study of his silent mansion. His mother had locked herself in her bedroom upstairs, refusing to answer his desperate demands for help.
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Alejandro pulled out his private burner phone, dialing a corrupt contact inside the municipal police department. “I need a missing persons alert canceled and two federal investigators discredited by morning,” Alejandro snapped into the receiver.
The voice on the other end gave a cold, metallic laugh before responding with devastating news. “Mr. Moretti, your corporate accounts have just been frozen by federal order. You’re entirely on your own.”
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