FBI detective

Chapter 844 The Story Behind the Case - Part

When making counterfeit money, the most important thing is quality control.

Whether it is the electrotype, paper, ink, or watermark, nothing can be done in a compromise or sloppy manner, and must be done to the best of one's ability.

These are the technical aspects of counterfeit money production. In addition, there are the location of the counterfeit money factory, the personnel who make counterfeit money, the scheme for selling counterfeit money, the identity of the buyer of counterfeit money...

These all require careful consideration and investigation. Every step cannot be taken lightly and only caution is required to get to the end. These also belong to quality control.

Considering that only one counterfeit bill was lost, and that Susan and other subordinates were opposed to relocating the factory, Hermann pondered for a long time and finally chose to compromise.

Facts have proved that lax quality control will indeed lead to big problems.

Benson initially didn't recognize the twenty-dollar bill as a super-counterfeit, so he took it out to go shopping.

Finally, it was the money detector in the mall that discovered that there was something wrong with the twenty dollars, and Benson finally realized what was happening.

In addition, Susan and others came out to buy things every once in a while, and never went out at other times in a mysterious manner. Their daily routines were very regular. Benson immediately realized that there was something wrong with the warehouse.

Based on the total amount of food Susan purchased, Benson estimated that there were about 10 people in the warehouse.

He had planned to find some time to investigate, but Leon said it was time to go out to sea to hunt for treasure. Benson had to put the matter aside for the time being and go out to sea with the fleet.

Benson and his companions' treasure hunt went very smoothly, and soon they found the sunken SS Central America. They even managed to salvage some gold coins and gold nuggets from it.

Because the boat was not big enough and the equipment was not complete enough, they could not continue diving. Benson, Leon and others decided to return to the shore temporarily and find a larger boat to go out to sea to salvage gold.

As soon as Benson, Leon and others arrived at the shore, the secretive behavior of several people in the team holding boxes attracted some people's attention.

A technical worker took advantage of the situation and asked a crew member for some information.

Three and a half minutes later, most of Atlanta's underworld knew about it.

A crew member: “…”

A bank was robbed some time ago, and the Vasser-Vini team, who had been idle recently, also learned the news. After a few discussions, they decisively chose to make some extra money, and set out that night to start the robbing-robbing operation.

Most of the treasure hunting team were killed because they were not in a hurry to dodge. Only Benson, Leon, and the mentally unstable Anatoly survived.

The three of them fled all the way. Seeing that he couldn't get rid of the pursuers, Benson decided to drag others into the water and persuaded Leon to drive the car towards the warehouse in the suburbs.

Benson remembered that there were about ten people there, which should be able to delay some time.

"Benson and Leon, two bastards who were born with a fake name."

At this point, Herman's face was filled with anger. He slammed the interrogation table hard and said angrily:
"We were working overtime printing counterfeit banknotes and had no idea what was happening when they drove into the factory with a group of people.

We fired back crazily, and after a fierce battle, Susan and the others died in the battle, and Vassell Vinny and his men also suffered heavy losses..."

In order to prevent the news of counterfeit money from leaking out, Hermann had no choice but to light a fire and burn everything.

The fire devoured the counterfeit banknotes and became a raging flame. Soon, 90% of the items in the warehouse were burned up. The months of hard work of Hermann and others were destroyed.

"I thought at the time, this is the saddest thing in the world."

Hermann sighed deeply and whispered:
“I never expected that Vasell Vinny and Goldtooth Vernon would be fine, and they held us hostage.”

There were only five survivors of the fire:
Vasell-Vinney, Goldtooth Vernon, Benson, Herman, and another helper from Herman's counterfeit money team.

Benson's body was severely burned. Vasser Vinny was kind-hearted. After asking for clues about Anatoly, he raised his pistol to help the other party relieve his pain.

As for the helper of the counterfeit money team, he was seriously injured in the previous gunfight. Anatoly was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see him suffer, so he used his gun again to send him into a deep sleep.

At this point, the three-way melee ended, and the only survivors were Hermann, Vassar-Vinny, Gold Tooth Vernon, and the mentally unstable Anatoly.

Among them, Anatoly took a bag of counterfeit money and gold coins and went to New York according to Benson's instructions before his death. Vasell Vinny and Gold Tooth Vernon needed to take care of Herman, so it was inconvenient for them to go and arrest him. So they found Klaus through some means and asked him to lead the team to capture him.

After Anatoly arrived in New York, he showed the counterfeit money and gold coins to Benson's half-brother Campbell-Hank.

Drug addict Campbell Hank hid the gold coins, but used counterfeit bills to deceive others into buying a lot of flour, and sold the remaining counterfeit bills to the gang.

Luo An and his team destroyed the gang and accidentally discovered counterfeit money, and then began to investigate further...

Chenier, who was recording the interrogation, nodded slightly. The whole case had become clear at this point, and the development of events was clear and understandable.

"And one more thing."

Luo An shook his head slightly, clapped his hands to attract Chenier and Herman who bowed his head in silence, and asked:

“You just said that Campbell Hank and Goldtooth Vernon never killed you after they caught you.

Even in the face of your provocation, Campbell Hank suppressed his anger. What's going on? "

If Campbell Hank wanted to salvage gold, there was no need for him to be so nice to Herman. Anatoly, who had mental problems, was his best candidate to recruit.

"That Campbell Hank guy wants me to make him counterfeit money."

Hermann sneered, without hiding anything in this regard, and replied:
“I don’t know the purpose of this guy making counterfeit money.

But this guy has repeatedly asked me how big the difference is between the counterfeit banknotes I made and the real ones, whether they can be mistaken for the real ones, and even asked me if the bank can detect it..."

After hearing Herman's subsequent description, Chenier frowned, and her face suddenly changed as she thought of a certain word: replacing one thing with another!
Thinking of the wealthy Harrison Hamid... Chenier swallowed her spit and whispered in Roan's ear:

"Roan, Herman is not going to exchange fake money for real money, is he?"

"It's possible."

Luo An smiled. Using counterfeit money to rob a bank sounded a bit far-fetched, but if there was help from an insider, the success rate was actually not low.

Without dwelling on this topic for too long, Luo An continued to ask simple questions for a while, found out some details of the case, and then led Chenier out of the interrogation room.

"Well? Did Hermann say anything?"

As soon as the two walked out of the interrogation room, Lacey came up quickly. Luo An stuffed the interrogation record into her hand, then walked to Mona and asked:

"What's the situation with the IRS? Have you called?"

"Director Elmer did call you just now."

Mona handed the phone to Luo An and said:
"But he didn't give any specific details, he just asked you to call him back when you have time."

"OK."

Luo An took the phone and walked aside. At the same time, Winslow also came to Lacey and asked with a smile:

"What's in the interrogation record?"

"Roan is great, and Herman said everything that needed to be said."

Lacey replied casually, and after quickly flipping through the pages for a few seconds, she asked:

"Chenelle, where's the gold?"

Chenier spread her hands:
"The pieces on the bottom of the sea are still on the bottom of the sea. As for the pieces that were fished out, only Campbell Hank knows where they are."

(End of this chapter)