Chapter 21 - The Secret Trust FundViral Hook: While going through Thomas's seized belongings, Mia finds a hidden bank statement revealing that Thomas didn't act alone—a fourth silent partner is still at large!
The dust from Thomas's arrest had barely settled when Mia received an urgent encrypted alert from the bureau’s financial forensics unit. She sat at her desk in the field office, staring at a digital spreadsheet recovered from Thomas's encrypted flash drive.
"Dad, look at this," Mia called out to Arthur, who was resting in the adjacent chair. "Thomas wasn't just hoarding cash from the blackmail scheme. There's a recurring monthly transfer of five million dollars going to an unknown entity registered under a code name: The Phoenix Foundation."
Arthur frowned, leaning over the monitor. "The Phoenix Foundation? That was dissolved back in the nineties after a federal investigation into international arms smuggling."
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"It was never dissolved," Mia said grimly, her fingers flying across the keyboard. "It was legally restructured into a shell company. And according to these routing numbers, the legal signatory power belongs to someone who is currently sitting on the board of directors of Sterling Global Enterprises."
Arthur’s face paled. "A board member? But that means the conspiracy goes even deeper than Thomas or Eleanor. Someone inside my own company is still trying to tear us down from the inside!"
