Chapter 8 - Richard Sterling Left Naomi Proof
The letter was dated nine days before Richard died.
Naomi—
If you are reading this, I failed to correct what happened while I was
alive.
Richard wrote that internal auditors found unauthorized vendor
substitutions and falsified logistics records.
The scheme appeared designed to inflate defense invoices and hide
missing inventory.
He suspected Victor Langley.
More importantly, Richard had found evidence that Naomi’s login
credentials were copied through an administrator account maintained by
Sterling Strategic Logistics.
The flash drive contained server logs.
Naomi’s route approval had been entered from a contractor terminal in
Virginia.
Naomi had been in Afghanistan.
Adrian stared at the timestamp.
“This could clear you.”
“Maybe.”
Naomi would not overstate it.
The logs needed authentication.
The chain of custody had to be examined.
But they were something she had never possessed before.
Evidence independent of her memory.
Then Adrian opened the last file.
It was a payment ledger.
One recipient appeared repeatedly.
V. Langley.
May you like
Another name appeared only once.
Vanessa Langley.
