Chapter 8 - The Vendor Files
Corporate fraud in movies often involves one dramatic wire transfer.
Real systems are messier.
Payments move because many people complete many small administrative steps.
Vendor onboarding.
Tax information.
Contracts.
Invoices.
Approval routing.
Treasury release.
Reconciliation.
Marcus and Vanessa did not need to defeat everything.
They needed legitimate-looking paperwork to enter the stream.
Cobalt Advisory Services looked legitimate.
Registered company.
Bank account.
Tax number.
Professional website.
Aster Ridge Management looked similar.
Both had indirect ties to Marcus through layered business relationships investigators eventually established.
Not offshore mystery islands.
Domestic companies.
Ordinary paperwork.
That made them harder to notice.
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The engagement letters appeared to carry my authorization.
I had never signed them.
