NOVPUBThe top of the computer screen displayed a line of text:
FBI agents and SWAT team members Disability and Retirement Fund.
The specific purpose of this fund was clearly stated in the text.
Located in Los Angeles, many wealthy individuals and celebrities hope to forge good relations with the FBI, thus they often donate to the FBI and LAPD in Los Angeles.
Every year, the FBI also allocates a sum of money here, which over the years has accumulated and invested to nearly 30 million US dollars.
Group Leader Owen indicated in the document that there were discrepancies in the accounts of this fund. According to his investigation with Pearson, some people had stolen nearly 9 million US dollars from this fund!
"Wow."
Seeing these words, a flash of enlightenment crossed Luo An's eyes, finally understanding why the culprits had wanted to kill Group Leader Owen and Pearson.
9 million US dollars, a figure large enough to warrant taking risks for most federal employees.
"Shit!"
"Son of a bitch!"
Mona and Michelle cursed under their breath, realizing all the agents in the field could benefit from this fund, and those funds could be life-saving in critical moments.
After all, they knew very well what "free healthcare" meant for federal employees.
How could they not be furious when now, money that could save their lives had been stolen?
"Calm down, calm down."
Mr. Luo An, who now had three new goals, patted the two on the shoulders and motioned for Mona to continue checking the content on the computer.
The priority was to see where Group Leader Owen's investigation had led, and what suspects had been identified.
"OK."
Mona took a deep breath and continued typing.
According to Group Leader Owen's information, this case initially came to light when a frontline SWAT officer discovered it, but before he could report it, he was silenced.
Pearson, while working at the Criminal Justice Department, fortuitously heard about this case from a criminal's confession and was just about to delve deeper into it when the criminal hanged himself in prison due to guilt.
Following this, Pearson began covertly investigating. After long-term observation, he finally confirmed that Group Leader Owen was unaware of the matter, and thus pulled him into the investigation.
With Group Leader Owen's experienced help, their investigation process sped up significantly, quickly finding a reliable informant who knew a lot of the insides.
Then that informant vanished after getting off work one day.
This alarmed both Group Leader Owen and Pearson, who urgently halted the investigation for a while, resuming only half a month later.
By then, Group Leader Owen and Pearson had identified ten targets. After all, stealing money from the fund wasn't simple—it had to involve senior officials and clearly, multiple parties.
That day when Group Leader Owen drove to the dock, it was to discuss with Pearson which person they should investigate first.
Then Group Leader Owen was shot, and not long after, Pearson also left this world.
"Dark, so dark."
After reviewing the information, Luo An shook his head repeatedly, while Mona and Michelle's expressions turned particularly grim.
Because among the ten suspects listed by Group Leader Owen, not only was there the financial director responsible for the fund, but also the deputy director of the FBI Los Angeles Branch, a senior official from the Monitoring Department, a high-level official from the Criminal Justice Department, a high-placed officer from the SWAT team...
"Gulp."
Mona swallowed, turning to look at Luo An with a somewhat uneasy tone:
"Luo An, who shall we investigate first among these?"
The positions and ranks of the ten suspects were mostly higher than those in their Special Investigation Team.
"We don't need to deal with these people for now."
Seeing the troubled expressions on Mona and Michelle, Luo An reached out, patted their shoulders, and flashed a reassuring smile, asking:
"Mona, how did your investigation go with Yurik in the interrogation room earlier?"
"Yurik?"
Mona was slightly stunned and took the laptop Michelle handed to her, tapping on its keyboard while asking:
"I don't understand why you want to check on him."
"Because my intuition tells me there's something wrong with him."
He casually brushed off Mona's question, then Luo An got himself a pair of sanitary gloves.
Luo An didn't take it to heart, as he wasn't lying to Mona; he truly felt there was something off about Yurik.
However, it wasn't intuition but rather his "emotional perception" in his mind.
Previously, when Horst led the Monitoring Department agents into the Special Investigation Team, Luo An activated his "emotional perception" and kept it on until they finished searching the rented apartment and left, after which Luo An deactivated it.
During this period, the impression Horst gave Luo An was consistently a light coldness, and the other agents felt much the same unless Luo An provoked them, only then would their attitude become colder.
But Yurik was different, as soon as Luo An activated his "emotional perception," an intense feeling of revulsion rushed towards him.
Luo An, having his suspicions, started to probe Yurik:
When Luo An said the Monitoring Department had no evidence, Yurik, pulling out a video, displayed extreme smugness; Luo An burst out in laughter, and Yurik's repulsion intensified.
When Luo An proposed an inspection before allowing the search, Yurik was first startled, visibly dissatisfied later, but deep down quite pleased.
While colleagues were searching Luo An's apartment, Yurik was very calm, even somewhat happy; when the colleagues found nothing, Yurik was first extremely shocked, followed by an indescribable fear… 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝘣.𝘤𝘰𝑚
After several attempts of probing, Luo An was one hundred percent certain that Yurik was aware of the offshore account.
Of course, Yurik might not know about the offshore account itself, his technical skills were mediocre, not enough to sneak into the apartment secretly.
What Luo An meant, was the mastermind behind the scenes probably told Yurik that there was evidence in the apartment that could pin Luo An, but they didn't tell Yurik what exactly the evidence was.
Later, when Luo An asked Horst for those two surveillance tapes, he specifically observed everyone's expressions.
The other agents from the Monitoring Department all subconsciously glanced at Yurik, who slightly pursed his lips.
This suggested that those two surveillance tapes were likely provided by Yurik to Horst.
From these observations, Luo An deduced that Yurik was likely just a tool manipulated by the mastermind behind the scenes, as the mastermind's standing was quite high, it wasn't possible for them to handle everything personally.
"I checked Yurik's mobile phone and call records."
Mona typed on the computer keyboard for a while and shrugged:
"But I found nothing unusual."
Luo An wasn't flustered, he continued to ask:
"What about his travel trajectory for the past 48 hours?"
The mastermind behind the scenes wanted to set Luo An up, they had to hand the surveillance footage to Yurik, so a meeting was necessary.
The timing of the surveillance footage wasn't over 48 hours, so Yurik's meeting with the person was definitely within these 48 hours.
"Sorry, I haven't found anything unusual for now."
Mona slightly furrowed her brows, playing all the surveillance footage she found for Luo An, including Yurik leaving home, driving to work, buying coffee and breakfast, working, etc.
Suddenly, Luo An pointed at a segment of the surveillance video and loudly said:
"Stop there!"
Mona quickly paused the video, showing Yurik last night after work, heading to the parking lot alone.
Luo An pointed at the bottom left corner of the monitor screen and spoke gravely:
"There is someone there, zoom in."
Mona quickly zoomed in on the image, and soon the person's face was clear:
It was Hunter Anderson, the captain of the previous SWAT team!
Looking at this middle-aged white man who had a similar height and build to Luo An, both Mona and Michelle's brows were tightly knitted, and Luo An too, with his arms crossed in front of him, fell silent.
