“The fraud here is documented with surgical precision, Claudia.” She finally looked up, her eyes hard. “This clears the threshold for felony elder financial exploitation, kidnapping, and forgery.

I’m walking it into the Marion County Courthouse myself for a judge’s signature.”

She moved with terrifying urgency. Within two hours the signature of a sitting superior court judge was wet on a warrant granting us authority to search the premises and seize all digital assets tied to the fraud.

I rallied the state police financial crimes task force. We coordinated logistics and moved in an unmarked convoy toward Rodney’s downtown office complex.

I arrived at the glass entrance with the warrant in my hand. Uniformed officers fanned out and secured the perimeter so no hard drives could be purged or thrown out a window.

I walked through the double doors into the open-plan floor.