Investigation Team 13, in the team leader's office, Elmer looked at Roan with an eager face.

Roan did not immediately agree to Elmer's request, and after thinking for a few seconds, he said:

"Why hasn't it taken so long for Bernard Madoff to debunk the Ponzi scheme?"

Elmer's expression froze, and something came to mind:

"You mean, there's someone behind Bernard Madoff?"

Luo An shook his head and said:

It's not necessarily that there are people behind him, but there are people who see through it and don't say anything, and they just play this "game" with Bernard Madoff. ”

Anyone who has worked in the financial industry can see that something is wrong with the yield of the fund made by Bernard Madoff, but it is impossible to say that the rich tycoons and big conglomerates on Wall Street can't see it.

"That's what I thought too."

Elmer said in a deep voice:

"Madoff's foundation has a number of big consortia, big banks, and even some European countries have invested money in it.

It is precisely because of this that I chose to investigate this matter in secret, and I did not dare to reveal the slightest bit of information. ”

Putting down the coffee cup, Roan asked:

"What was your original plan? Can you tell us about it? ”

"I haven't figured out the right plan yet."

With a wry smile on his face, Elmer replied:

"At first, I wanted to find a proper tax reason to investigate the finances of any employee of the Madoff Foundation.

Then he "stumbled" found out that there was a problem with Madoff's fund, and then continued to investigate and expose the matter. ”

Elmer is a standard Federalist, he values his life and the safety of his family, but his deep conscience prevents him from quietly watching nearly 30,000 middle-class families ruined by Madoff's deception.

Luo An frowned slightly:

"Your plan ......"

"It's dangerous, isn't it?"

Elmer smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly:

"I know that this method can easily arouse Madoff's vigilance, and even force him to kill people......"

Luo Ann interrupted Elmer's words with a wave of his hand, and said:

"No, I mean, you're too slow with this plan."

“？”

Elmer froze in his chair with a question mark on his face:

"What do you mean?"

"Before we can debunk Madoff's hoax, we need to get to the bottom of a few questions."

Luo An did not answer Elmer directly, but took the coffee cup and analyzed unhurriedly:

"The reason why Madoff's scam has lasted so long is not only because of his high status and clever methods, but also because the Securities and Futures Commission turned a blind eye and certain consortiums or organizations were involved.

These consortia hid behind and waited for Madoff to make money for themselves, and they were not afraid that they would not get their money back.

Once you expose this scam, in addition to Madoff himself will be angry, and the consortium behind will also be unhappy, after all, for them, not making money is equivalent to losing money. ”

The status of the consortium in the federation is well known, Elmer's face is solemn, and Roan continues to analyze:

"According to your previous plan, when you find out about Madoff himself, those consortia will most likely get the information first, and then transfer their funds.

In the end, you can only get an empty account, and the nearly 30,000 middle-class families invested in it, I am afraid that there will be no money left.

After this happens, the federal people will naturally scold Madoff, and the people who are the leaders of this case will also be hostile to the federal people, who will think that you are one of those conglomerates, and everything you do is for the conglomerates.

When the time comes, you won't be able to explain, and your colleagues and superiors will probably have other ideas about you, and your path to ascent will most likely end here. ”

“……”

Elmer's eyelids twitched, he had been thinking about how to take down Madoff, and he hadn't really thought too much about what would happen if he took Madoff down.

Compared to other departments, the IRS has a special position, which makes the way IRS-CI works a bit simple and crude, most of the time it is to arrest people first, then check the accounts for evidence, and finally interrogate.

Therefore, Elmer does not know much about handling detailed cases, after all, he has a specialization in the art industry, and seeing Luo An's unhurried appearance, he hurriedly asked:

"Roan, do you have any good ideas?"

"It's simple."

Luo An didn't sell it, and said directly:

"Make the cake bigger, find the thighs, move fast."

The relationship between federal officials and rich people is very interesting, and most of the time, people will say that a rich man used money to persuade an official, but not that a rich man ordered an official.

Because federal officials have a clear bottom line: they are the ones who hold the power, and things can be done, but the rich must also come up with corresponding conditions.

This is also the reason why there are many "lobby groups" in Washington, DC:

The group of people in Congress and the White House are the ones who hold the power, and the rich people and consortia outside can indeed make them come up with bills and regulations that benefit the rich, but this process must pay a "price" or come up with "benefits".

If a rich person wants to break this rule and directly "order" someone who holds power, he will inevitably be attacked by other people in power, because this touches the bottom line of those in power.

Madoff was indeed rich, and he had many friends who supported him, but most of those people were on Wall Street, not much in Washington, D.C.

The $50 billion Ponzi scheme is undoubtedly a big case, and it is definitely a great credit to handle it properly, and even FBI Director Robert or IRS Director would not mind showing up to support this case.

"We need to find a commander who is not low-status, but who lacks political achievements."

A gleam flashed in Luo An's eyes, and he said in a deep voice:

"You raided Madoff's company and took him away, while blocking his bank account completely.

It was up to the chief to resist pressure from the consortium, quickly interrogate Madoff to get him to confess, and then return the funds in the account to all the victims at the same time, rather than having the consortium take all the money.

In the end, Madoff is imprisoned, the chief gets his achievements and fame, the consortium doesn't make money but doesn't lose money, the middle-class family loses some money but still has some left, they will scold Madoff, but they won't insult you, the leader of the case, the cake is barely enough. ”

As long as the consortium is still there, it is absolutely impossible for those deceived middle class to get back all their funds, and it is already the best ending that Luo An can think of to get some of them back.

After listening to Roan's plan, Elmer's eyes became incomparably brighter, and he applauded again and again, but suddenly he noticed something and asked:

"You're not going to take part in this case?"

Luo An nodded, briefly talked about the bombing, and spread his hands and said:

"I don't have time."

In addition to this reason, Roan considered that this incident involved nearly 30,000 middle-class families, and that it would definitely cause a large-scale media discussion afterwards, and Roan did not want to attract the attention of these media outlets, nor did he want to arouse the interest of the president and others because of it.

Second, although Elmer is the IRS, because of the responsibilities of various departments, the FBI involvement in this case is still unavoidable.

As long as Roan reports the matter to Mr. Clement or FBI Director Robert, as a cake maker, even if he does not participate in specific actions later, he will never lack credit for it afterwards.

With these aspects in mind, Ann carefully described the plan to Elmer, then briefed Vereneth and Mr. Clement, and introduced Elmer to FBI Director Robert, before returning to his office.

Later, FBI Director Robert will send who will act with Director Elmer, and what will be caught, Madoff, a super-giant scammer, Roan will put them all in the back of his mind.

Turning on the computer and looking at the photo of the mulatto-white woman on the computer, Luo An's eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought quietly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

When it was almost time to get off work, when Luo An was packing his things, there was a sudden knock on the door of the team leader's office, and a person walked in, it was Mona.

Luo An asked casually:

"What's wrong?"

"I received an email."

Mona shook her laptop and said in a deep voice:

"The sender is Salles."

(End of chapter)