Chapter 12 - Federal Investigators Move In On Derek's Hidden Accounts
The arrest played out on live television as news helicopters captured federal agents escorting Derek into an unmarked cruiser.
His designer suit was wrinkled, and his head hung low as camera flashes illuminated the snowy Manhattan pavement.
Back at Harrington Development headquarters, federal auditors marched through the double doors with seizure warrants.
Every computer server, filing cabinet, and hard drive was tagged and loaded into transport trucks by mid-afternoon.
The board members who had stood by silently while Derek mocked Clara now scrambled to cooperate with federal prosecutors.
In his holding cell downtown, Derek sat on a metal bench staring at the gray concrete walls in absolute numbness.
He realized that his arrogance had blinded him to the reality of marrying a woman whose intelligence far exceeded his own.
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There were no offshore accounts left to rescue him; every hidden loophole had been meticulously blocked by Arthur Sterling.
The empire he had built on deceit and ambition had vanished in less than a week.
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