Chapter 7 - The Forensic Audit of the Stolen Millions
Over the next four weeks, Julian Hayes and a specialized task force of federal forensic auditors dissected every transaction executed by Julian Vance and Selina over the past twenty-four months.
Sitting in the 40th-floor boardroom of Apex Horizon in downtown Chicago, Julian Hayes laid out the completed indictment brief.
The discovery was devastating:
The Total Embezzlement: Julian and Selina had conspired to skim $2,450,000 from company payroll subsidies and marketing accounts.
The Falsified Invoices: Thirty-four ghost contracts routed to Selina's shell companies for "creative consulting."
The Tax Evasion: $600,000 in unreported illicit offshore withdrawals.
"Julian Vance didn't just cheat on you, Clara," Julian Hayes explained. "He committed Federal Wire Fraud, Interstate Money Laundering, and Grand Corporate Larceny under Title 18 of the United States Code."
"And where are they staying right now?" I asked.
"Julian is living in a dilapidated two-room motel outside O'Hare on maximum-limit credit cards," Detective Stone reported. "Selina was thrown out by Bradley and is currently working as an entry-level cashier in Des Moines after every high-society agency blacklisted her name."
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I closed the audit folder with a sharp, echoing snap.
"Hand the files to the United States Attorney, Julian. Let the law take its course."
