CHAPTER 6
Two weeks later, I found myself sitting inside a private consultation room at the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office in downtown Fort Worth.
Assistant District Attorney Karen Albright sat across from me, a thick, black leather binder sitting between us on the polished oak table.
"Hannah," Karen began, her tone respectful and serious as she opened the binder to reveal dozens of typed transcriptions. "I want to show you what your bravery accomplished."
She turned the page to reveal detailed financial statements belonging to Derek and Gloria, revealing an intricate web of hidden assets and stolen properties.
"For seven years," Karen explained, "Derek and his mother operated an illegal real estate laundering scheme using stolen identities from tenants in their rental properties."
"They were using the money from the rental houses?" I asked, stunned by the sheer scale of the corruption hidden beneath their respectable exterior.
"Precisely," Karen nodded. "Gloria was the mastermind behind the financial fraud, while Derek handled the physical intimidation of anyone who questioned their lease terms."
"And the recordings?" I asked softly, my mind drifting back to that cracked flip phone tucked under my hospital pillow.
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"Your recordings didn't just capture the physical abuse, Hannah," Karen said, her eyes shining with admiration. "You captured Gloria explicitly instructing Derek on how to move the fraudulent money through offshore credit unions."
Because of the evidence I provided, federal authorities had stepped in, freezing every single bank account, property title, and luxury asset associated with the Carter family name.
