Chapter 24
CHAPTER
TWENTY-FOUR
HARRISON
It’s been a week since I found out about the embezzlement, and we aren’t any closer to figuring out who is doing it.
Whoever it is has been extra cautious setting up dummy corporations and offshore accounts.
I have no doubts that my team will figure it out, but as of now, we are no closer than we were a week ago.
Sam’s been zero help, and Vera has a dozen excuses as to why she didn’t catch the fraud from the start.
I had a feeling she was slacking off at her job, and this is just further proof.
I’d fire her if she weren’t a suspect, though; I honestly don’t think she’s smart enough to pull something like this off.
My phone rings, and I see it's Claude, the head of my IT department and the man in charge of finding out how someone hacked into the system and siphoned off almost three million dollars over the course of the last year.
I answer with a gruff ‘hello.’ My mood is less than polite these days.
“Sir, I think we found something…”
He goes on to explain a bunch of technical jargon that ends in him saying that the IP address that was used to commit the crime is my own computer. “How is that possible?”
“I don’t know, sir. The security system we have in place should make it impossible to clone your machine. The only way this could happen is if someone logged in under your sign-in.”
“I wouldn’t fucking steal from my own company.”
“I’m not saying you did, sir. I’m saying someone with access to your office is the culprit.”
“Thanks for the information. I want you to keep digging. Find out how someone got my information.”
“Yes, sir.”
My mind goes to last week when I came back from lunch and my office door was unlocked. Could someone have let themselves in and gained access?
I pick up the phone and dial Claude. “Claude, I want cameras installed in my office. When the office is closed. Only you and I are to know about this.”
I never thought I would need cameras inside my office. It’s something that I neglected, never again. I will get to the bottom of who is stealing from me, and if they are stupid enough to try from my computer again, they will be caught.