Bound in shadows
"Thirty million dollars! Wire-transferred through a Seychellois shell corporation forty-five seconds after the gavel fell! The Treasury Department has already flagged the clearing house in Zurich!"
Julian picked up his silver fountain pen, unscrewing the cap with deliberate, methodical slowness.
"The Varga shell structure was designed specifically to absorb federal scrutiny, Father," Julian said, his voice flat, icy, and devoid of tremor. "The wire was routed through four intermediary banking institutions before settling in the auction house’s escrow account. The paper trail ends at a dissolved holding firm in Panama. They will find nothing."
Dominic stopped pacing. He turned his bloodshot g