In any case, the Julia pink diamond necklace and Delhi purple sapphire no longer exist, so Ling Xiao's last hidden danger in this matter has completely disappeared, so after learning that the "Diamonds: Rare Brilliance" exhibition has reopened, Ling Xiao rushed over as soon as possible.

On the one hand, he wants to find Holly Robinson again and get the gem back in her hand, and on the other hand, he also wants to see how this thing will play out, especially the interesting Scott West.

Since Beckett began to suspect Scott West, as soon as she returned to the office, she immediately spoke to Lisbon what she thought.

"Do you suspect Scott West is the one behind the possible existence?" Lisbon couldn't help but be slightly stunned, to be honest, she had been focusing on the arrested criminals, hoping to find something valuable from them, and she never thought of suspecting the owner of the case.

"What Kate said is not unreasonable." Jane took the coffee in her hand, walked past the two, then sat on the sofa, looked at the two of them and said with a serious face: "That West doesn't look like a good person, and this kind of insurance fraud is very common, and it is easy to judge, and we also want to see if his insurance amount exceeds the normal insurance amount to be determined." ”

"It's been checked!" Beck nodded and said with great certainty: "Scott West has invested more than twice the normal amount on the two pieces of jewelry he belongs to, and if it weren't for the strong opposition of the third cursed gem in London, he would have insured a large amount of money on the third jewel." ”

"That's telling." Jian stretched out his hands, shrugged his shoulders and said, "If he didn't know in advance that the gems would be robbed, why would he have to invest so much insurance, you must know that this insurance money will not be refunded." ”

"Okay, then check out this Scott West first." Hearing Jane's tone in the same way, Lisbon decisively decided to launch an investigation into West, and if it really turned out to be related to him, then they would be much less stressed about this matter.

In fact, Lisbon has a vague premonition that the gems stolen by thieves may never be recovered, and even if they can find clues, they will not know in a few months.

Once it is proven that it is really the owner of the gem who is suspected of insurance fraud, then it does not matter whether the last few gems can be found or not.

As soon as the Los Angeles Police Department and the California State Bureau of Investigation opened their investigation into Scott West, a steady stream of information began to pour in from all directions.

"Scott West, male, 46, born in Brooklyn, New York, his grandfather and father were diamond merchants, and he was the chairman and general manager of L.J. West Diamonds in New York, which has a 40-year history in the diamond trade." Standing in front of the projector, Esposito explains, "West is keen to find the rarest and most brilliant diamonds, and one of his recent acquisitions is the 2.83 carat oval Argyle Purple Diamond, which is small but has been in perfect condition for billions of years, and is extremely valuable. ”

As he spoke, several photos of Scott West appeared on the screen, all of which were happy and proud of him holding jewelry.

When a picture of Scott West grinning with a shotgun in one hand and a gem in the other, Jane suddenly said, "I don't like this man." ”

"I don't like it either." Resby followed suit, because in the background of the photograph were several black-looking men, dressed in rags, and they knew that they were looking for them in Africa.

Esposito continued, "L.J. West Diamonds has branches in most major cities across the United States, but one of its most important bases is in Kenya, Africa, where it produces a variety of gemstones, including amethyst, chrysolite, bluestone, green garnet, ruby, sapphire, tourmaline and more, where L.J. West Diamonds is said to have a diamond mine that produces more than $70 million a year. ”

"Kenya?" At the mention of this place, Zhou Jinbao couldn't help but make a sound, and when he saw that everyone was looking at himself, he explained slightly: "Kenya is located in eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean. It is bordered by Somalia to the east, Ethiopia and Sudan to the north, Uganda to the west, and Tanzania to the south.

There are many years of war and conflict, and if you want to mine there, you must maintain adequate military deterrence. I once had a guy in the Marine Corps who joined a mercenary group after he was discharged from the army, went to Kenya to pick up a job, and died in a violent conflict within a few years. ”

"Zhou is right." "According to the information we got from the FBI, West Diamonds has more than fifty employees in Kenya, most of them military veterans, who are in charge of security there. According to the FBI, among those people are two teams of elite soldiers, who are the core of the crackdown on law and order. The two teams take turns to ensure that safety is not threatened.

The reason why the FBI is concerned about West Diamonds is because it smuggles many illegal diamonds from Africa to the United States every year, but because most of the cases take place in Kenya, Africa, and West's methods are extremely hidden, there is nothing to be done about them for the time being. ”

Esposito said, showing everyone the pictures of the West Company's diamond mines in Africa, rags and skinny black men toiling in them for a subsistence of food or two.

"It's all blood diamonds!" A sigh suddenly came from the doorway, and when everyone looked back, they realized that it was Montgomery standing there. Although black North Americans have never seen themselves as the same kind as black Africans, Montgomery couldn't help but feel compassion when he saw people of the same skin color as himself suffering there.

"Go ahead." With that, Montgomery waved his hand and left the conference room.

Esposito could understand Montgomery's feelings, and he couldn't do the same. Retracting his gaze, Esposito continued: "This year, West Diamonds has focused on the war-torn Middle East, but it is definitely not a simple matter to think about where to mine. Relationships, strength, capital, everything will become West's constraints. ”

"So, that's going to be the motivation for this insurance fraud." Zhou said coldly on the side, this sentence successfully mended the knife, deepened everyone's suspicion of West, after all, tens of millions of dollars of insurance is not a small amount, if West can add the Delhi purple sapphire to the list of insurance, then the final amount of this insurance will reach hundreds of millions of dollars.

The money was enough for them to do anything, so the motive succeeded in refining the entire chain of evidence, and now all that remained was to find conclusive evidence of a connection between West and the shark.

In the final analysis, this matter still has to start with the shark, and if you can't find the true identity of the shark for a day, don't think about solving this case for a day.

If you want to open a gap from West, you have to check his financial transactions, but even the FBI has not been able to find anything, and they don't have a good way to do it, unless the news of the shark's death is announced to the media, once this is done, it means that West also knows about it, and he will quickly erase all evidence of the connection with the shark.

But even if the shark's death isn't announced now, as time passes, West can sense that something is wrong.

For this reason, the entire joint case team held several meetings, everyone had their own opinions, and they quarreled for several days, and just when most of them agreed to make the shark's death public, the search program that had been running finally came to fruition.