Chapter 23 - The Grand Jury Convenes
By 9:00 AM the following morning, the United States District Court in Manhattan was swarmed by hundreds of news reporters.
The shock story had exploded across global media: "BILLIONAIRE CONSPIRACY EXPOSED AFTER EIGHT-YEAR-OLD FINDS LOST WALLET."
Inside the grand jury room, Grace Eleanor Vance delivered four hours of emotional, ironclad testimony supported by bank ledgers.
Forensic accountants presented indisputable proof of ninety-two million dollars stolen by Charles and Victoria Sterling.
The grand jury took less than twenty minutes to return a forty-two-count criminal indictment against both defendants.
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As Charles Sterling was led out of his law firm in handcuffs, news cameras captured his total, ruined humiliation.
The sixty-year legacy of the Sterling legal empire had crumbled into absolute dust in less than one week.
