David’s handwriting ran across the top margin of the summary sheet in tidy, square block letters.

The report dealt with government supply logistics for the regional military fuel depot outside Norfolk.

I turned past three pages of bills of lading until I came to the vendor identification sheet for Vance Investment Group.

The tax identification number matched the business registration Julian kept framed on the wall of his home office.

Under the company name, David had attached twenty-four separate electronic wire transfers sent over a fourteen-month stretch.

Each transfer moved money from a military procurement account into a commercial escrow holding line in Richmond.