Chapter 15 - THE STOCK MARKET CRASH
Within thirty minutes of the press conference, Vance Group stock began a catastrophic nose-dive on Wall Street.
Red numbers flashed across trading floor monitors as institutional investors dumped millions of shares in panic.
Inside his corner office, Arthur Vance watched the ticker tape in total horror as his net worth evaporated.
"Halt trading on our shares immediately!" Arthur screamed into his desk speakerphone to his brokers.
"We can't halt trading, Mr. Vance! The SEC has just issued an emergency suspension!" his broker shouted back.
The office door burst open, and three federal agents in dark suits stepped into the executive suite.
"Arthur Vance, you are under arrest for corporate fraud, grand larceny, and obstruction of justice," the agent declared.
Arthur sat frozen in his leather chair as steel handcuffs clicked tightly around his wrists.
Down the hallway, Elena hid inside a restroom stall, listening to her father's desperate cries as he was led away.
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She clutched her handbag, realizing that her family's decades-old empire had crumbled in a single afternoon.
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