PART 4: The Audit
“Valeria Cruz,” I said, finally turning my eyes to the trembling woman standing beside my fraudulent husband. “As head of internal auditing, I ordered a complete forensic review of all junior accounts late last night.”
I slid a thick stack of printed financial statements across the long glass table, stopping right in front of her feet. “It appears someone transferred over four hundred thousand dollars from our emergency marketing reserves into a private account registered in Singapore over the last six months.”
Mauricio gasped, stepping back slightly as he realized the exact paper trail I was referencing. The money he had spent on their lavish destination wedding and her diamond ring hadn’t come from his savings—it was stolen directly from my firm.
“That’s a corporate felony, Valeria,” I continued, my voice echoing coldly through the room. “And under Mexican financial law, embezzlement over two hundred thousand carries an immediate ten-year prison sentence.”
Did Mauricio step up to take the blame for his new pregnant bride? Continue reading Part 5 below for the final resolution.
