Marcus nodded slowly.

He gathered the heavy ledgers from the console and stacked them neatly on his lap.

“I’ll take these straight to the federal audit team right now,” Marcus said.

“I know the lead investigator.

I’ll hand-deliver this evidence before they even start their branch review.”

I asked him if the auditors would act fast enough.

I asked if Richard could empty his accounts and run before they saw the forged numbers.

“They’ll freeze his assets the second they see these forged signatures,” Marcus said.