Chapter 9 - The Hidden Financial Trail Leads To A Larger Conspiracy
Sheriff Miller used his department radio to request an urgent forensic accounting team from the state financial crimes division.
“We need these bank records cross-referenced with federal databases before midnight to trace where the funds went,” Miller ordered.
“Understood, Sheriff. State investigators are already en route to the Aspen municipal precinct,” the dispatcher confirmed over the radio.
Leo walked over to the tall windows, watching the falling snow blanket the sprawling manicured lawns of the Aspen estate.
The U.S. flag standing proudly beside the mahogany column fluttered gently as the heating vents hummed softly overhead.
“She didn't act alone, Sheriff; a high-level corporate conspiracy like this requires insider banking authorization,” Leo reasoned.
“We’ll find out who helped her the second we subpoena the routing numbers from the Cayman Islands accounts,” Miller assured him.
Leo turned away from the window, thinking about his daughter resting safely upstairs in her warm bedroom with Nora.
“I trusted her with my home, my family, and my business... and she treated us like disposable obstacles,” Leo said bitterly.
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“Greed has a way of blinding people to the destruction they leave in their wake,” the sheriff replied sympathetically.
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