Chapter 9
Carter walked back into his private command office, where his lead financial analyst was waiting on a secure video link.
"Boss, we tracked the 884-Delta account directly to Harrison Cole's shell corporation in Zurich," the analyst reported.
"He's been using Vanguard Capital to launder illegal offshore bribes for three major Wall Street executives."
"Execute Protocol Titan," Carter commanded coldly.
"Short every stock held by Vanguard Capital, and leak the unredacted offshore ledgers directly to the Securities and Exchange Commission."
"Understood, Mr. Sterling. The short position is being initiated on the New York Stock Exchange now."
Within fifteen minutes, rumors of a massive federal investigation began tearing through Wall Street trading desks.
Vanguard Capital's stock price dropped thirty percent in less than twenty minutes as panic selling ensued.
Inside his pent-house suite on Wall Street, Harrison Cole watched his computer screens turn into a sea of red numbers in complete disbelief.
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His phone began ringing relentlessly—it was the Chairman of the SEC and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
"What is happening?!" Harrison screamed at his trading desk managers. "Who is dumping our stock?!"
