At half past two in the afternoon, at the FBI's headquarters in Washington, Vereneth's office.

“IRS？”

Hearing the female agent's words, Verenis looked abrupt and hurriedly asked:

"Who is the other party? Did you say why you were looking for Roan? ”

The situation and status of the IRS department are really special in the federal territory, and even Vereneth began to subconsciously think in a bad direction when she heard this word.

"The other party said he was from the IRS-CI."

The female detective was a reception service member on the first floor of the building, and she briefly described the person's body appearance and words, but she did not know the other person herself.

Luo An's expression remained unchanged, and according to the description of the female detective, he guessed the identity of the other party, looked at Verenis and said:

"It should be the Elmer director of the IRS-CI."

“OK。”

Vereneth was slightly relieved to know the friendship between Roan and Elmer

Waving her hand to signal the female agent to leave, and after the door closed, Verenis said with a serious face:

"I'll go to Mr. Clement's office and talk to him about the bombing and the establishment of a "special investigation team." ”

As for whether Luo An can become the leader of the "special investigation team", Verenis is not worried at all.

Aside from Mr. Clement, FBI Director Robert wouldn't mind coming out to help Roan say a few words.

The number one and third leaders of the FBI, a large department, agreed, and there would definitely be no one who would not open their eyes to oppose this matter.

"OK, thank you, sir."

Luo An smiled and nodded, said a few simple greetings, got up and left the office first.

Taking the elevator downstairs, Roan soon met the female agent in the first-floor lounge that the IRS was talking about, and as he had guessed, it was Elmer, the director of the IRS-CI (Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation Division).

However, when Elmer saw Luo An today, he was not smiling as before, on the contrary, the corners of his mouth were bent downward, his face was gloomy, and the whole person looked very serious.

Coupled with Elmer's identity as an IRS, the first reaction of strangers when they saw him was definitely "I'm done".

So when he learned that Elmer's purpose was to find Luo An this time, many agents silently appeared near the break room, and they all wanted to know what was going on, whether the other party came to Luo An for help, or to arrest Luo An.

Luo An was also stunned for a moment when he saw Director Elmer's expression, but he didn't panic at all, stretched out his hand and shook it with the other party, and said with a smile:

"If you have something to call me, why bother to make a trip yourself."

Elmer stretched out his hand and shook Luo An's hand, his face was solemn, and he said directly:

"Go to your office."

“OK。”

Under the curious gazes of a group of passers-by, Roan and Director Elmer stepped into the elevator and returned to Investigation Team 13.

Entering the team leader's office, Roan poured a cup of coffee for Director Elmer, who was still tense and asked in a condensed voice:

"Are you the only one in this office?"

Luo An frowned slightly, understood the meaning of Elmer's words, turned around and replied solemnly:

"I inspect this office every day, it's absolutely secure, there are no bugging or surveillance devices, you can rest assured."

Because of the concern for certain problems, the office area of Investigation Team 13 is inspected every two days to prevent the appearance of eavesdropping, recording, monitoring and other equipment that does not belong to Investigation Team 13, and the team leader's office is no exception.

“OK。”

Receiving Luo An's chest pat assurance, Elmer let out a long sigh of relief, and the serious and tense expression on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by a bitter face, he took Luo An's hand and said in a low voice:

"Roan! You're going to help me! ”

“……”

Elmer's expression changed too quickly, and Luo An didn't react a little, and he was stunned for a moment and pulled out his hand forcefully, and asked:

"What's going on?"

"Remember the time we drank together?" (Chapter 552)

Elmer sighed dejectedly, and said with a gloomy face:

"You're right, there's something wrong with Bernard Madoff's dog*! He is indeed engaged in a Ponzi scheme! ”

Elmer said that after he left the bar that day, he quietly began to investigate Bernard Madoff.

I didn't know it, and I was shocked when I checked it, and Elmer was shocked to find that Bernard Madoff's return on investment was actually a line that kept rising, never falling, and was a hundred times more stable than the stock market!

This is obviously abnormal, because the stock market goes up and down, and it is impossible to make money all the time investing, and losses are the norm for most people.

"At first, I thought Bernard Madoff was using his position as chairman of the NASDAQ to use insider information to make deals or run ahead."

Elmer sat in his chair, covered his face with his hands, and whispered:

"After investigating for a while, I found out that this guess was wrong

Then there is only one truth left: a Ponzi scheme. ”

Luo An picked up the coffee and took a sip, and asked in a low voice:

"You can't get your money back?"

Remember that Elmer said before that he also handed over his funds to Bernard Madoff's investment company.

"No, my money has been returned."

Elmer shook his head:

"I don't have a lot of money, not even a fraction of what Bernard Madoff is.

I submitted my application on the grounds that there was a change in my family and I urgently needed money, and within three hours, the principal and "income from the investment" were all credited to my account. ”

"It's so fast."

This did surprise Roan a little, seeing Elmer's increasingly silent face, Roan put down his coffee cup and asked in a condensed voice:

"What are you going to do?"

"I want to poke this guy who raised the words!"

Elmer took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"The amount of Bernard Madoff's fund has accumulated to 50 billion on the surface.

But according to my secret investigation, the actual amount of that fund is less than one-third of the figure on the books, and the rest is a bubble!

Not only that, but Bernard Madoff has always claimed that his foundation only manages funds for the wealthy, and ordinary people are not eligible to enter it at all.

But in fact, from 2000 onwards to the present, the vast majority of the members who have joined that foundation are middle-class families in the Federation! Their number has grown to nearly 30,000! ”

Luo An nodded, this is a normal operation, the underlying logic of a Ponzi scheme is to give the money of the new joiners to the first joiners in the name of "interest", and then layer by layer, and continue to develop.

The problem is that the overall number of new entrants is limited, and the wealthy people in the Federation are even more limited.

After all the rich people entered the foundation, Bernard Madoff had to look down on the lower middle class, and hand over the money of the middle class to the rich people who joined first, so as to maintain the scam.

"Bernard Madoff's status is too high."

Roan refilled Elmer's cup with coffee and said in a deep voice:

"He's a member of the Wall Street Securities and Exchange Commission, and he's been involved in developing and changing a lot of the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

So it's impossible to bring down Bernard Madoff from the SFC's side. ”

Elmer nodded, he had worked in the IRS for so many years, he knew too well the logic of the various departments within the federal government, and he also understood that the SFC side was unreliable, and even he suspected that the SFC and Bernard Madoff might be wearing the same pants.

"That's why I'm looking for you."

Elmer raised his head and said with a solemn face:

"Luo An, you are the best team leader in the FBI, there is no one, I need your help."

(End of chapter)