Chapter 2: The Investigation
The board meeting lasted six hours.
Nobody left.
Nobody checked their phones.
Nobody dared interrupt.
Victoria listened quietly.
She reviewed reports.
Financial statements.
Internal audits.
Executive bonuses.
Then she found something interesting.
Very interesting.
Millions of dollars were missing.
At first glance, the transfers looked legitimate.
But Victoria had spent years building global companies.
She knew exactly what she was looking at.
Fraud.
Corporate theft.
Richard felt sweat forming beneath his collar.
The deeper Victoria dug, the paler he became.
Finally, she placed a folder on the table.
“Explain this.”
Richard’s hands shook.
“It’s… standard accounting.”
“No.”
Her voice remained calm.
“It’s embezzlement.”
The room erupted.
Directors began whispering.
Several immediately opened their own copies of the report.
The numbers were undeniable.
Shell companies.
Fake consulting fees.
Offshore accounts.
Years of stolen money.
Richard suddenly stood.
“You can’t prove that!”
Victoria nodded.
Then she pressed a button.
The boardroom screen illuminated.
A live video call appeared.
Federal investigators.
Corporate crime specialists.
Forensic accountants.
Every face on the screen was familiar.
And every one of them was looking directly at Richard.
His knees nearly gave out.
Victoria leaned back.
“We already did.”
The room fell silent.
Two investigators entered through the boardroom doors.
Richard stared at them in horror.
One held handcuffs.
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The other held an arrest warrant.
The CEO who had ruled the company for a decade collapsed into his chair as everything he had built began crumbling around him.
