Chapter 6 - Uncovering Hidden Off-The-Books Inventory In Storage Rooms
Inside the subterranean storage facility beneath the boutique, boxes of unrecorded merchandise sat piled high against concrete walls.
Security guards unlocked the heavy metal security door, revealing racks of designer clothing never entered into the main inventory database.
“Look at this—hundreds of luxury items marked as damaged and written off, yet completely pristine,” Sarah noted, examining a silk gown.
“She was claiming tax write-offs for damaged stock while reselling the items through secondary online consignment channels,” Maya deduced.
The sheer scale of the financial fraud extended far beyond simple cash skimming from the front register drawers.
“That’s grand larceny on a massive corporate scale carrying serious federal prison time,” Sarah observed grimly.
Maya pulled out her encrypted smartphone, dialing the direct extension for corporate legal counsel in downtown Manhattan.
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“Get federal investigators and tax auditors down to the Fifth Avenue branch immediately; we have concrete proof of felony fraud,” Maya instructed.
The digital trail of destruction Victoria left behind was too vast and deliberate to be handled by internal HR alone.
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