Chapter 15 - Identifying The Real Mastermind Hiding In Plain Sight
I rushed back into the home office where Alejandro was conferring with Special Agent Miller. The heavy wooden door slammed against the wall as I burst into the room breathless and wide-eyed.
"Richard Vance isn't dead!" I announced, my voice trembling with adrenaline and fury. Alejandro and Agent Miller both turned around instantly, staring at me in utter astonishment.
"What are you talking about, Mariana? My uncle's funeral was attended by half of Chicago's elite," Alejandro argued. "He faked his death ten years ago to escape federal investigators looking into the Bennett & Vance embezzlement," I explained rapidly.
Agent Miller grabbed his tablet computer, typing furiously into the federal law enforcement database. "Let me run facial recognition and biometric cross-references on recent corporate filings in the Cayman Islands," Agent Miller muttered.
Within seconds, the federal agent's screen flashed with a newly updated corporate registration record from Nassau. "My God," Agent Miller breathed out, turning the tablet screen around to face us.
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The corporate filing for 'Apex Holdings Ltd' listed the primary managing director as Richard Vance, born 1968. The passport photo attached to the Cayman Islands filing was ten years older than his official death certificate photo.
"He’s been living under an alias in the Caribbean, funding his lavish lifestyle with stolen Bennett money," Alejandro realized in disgust. "And he sent the masked intruder to our house last night to recover the original physical ledgers," I added grimly.
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