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My last business for the day was to call Walt with a report on what I’d learned since our

“So Marzettiabout this ITN account,” Walt said “Cooper as well You think Cooper ht be behind it? Maybe with soal?”

“She could have been the one to plant thedepartotten hold of Marzetti’s access code and created the account” I sighed “This is all speculation, of course But there’s no doubt that Brad is the only one currently authorized to create the account, and the money was in his file cabinet”

“But this thing with Marzetti—”

“I know If Marzetti found a suspicious account similar to the one Brad discovered, it see about the same account Which wouldthere”

“And Cooper did nothing after Marzetti told hirowled

“Which would mean Cooper was involved too Or”

“Or what?”

I shookto sound like a conspiracy theorist What if Cooper raised the issue, but sonore it?”

“Why would they do that?”

“I don’t know Unless soement is part of the embezzlement scheme”

“If that were true, they could have set Brad up to take the heat off themselves”

“We’re doing a lot of speculating here,” I said “We need to get some facts”

“We also need to keep after them about that audit” Walt’s tone was brusque “Plus, froet a computer forensics specialist in there to examine the system We need to do it fast, before” He paused “I don’t knohat, but we need to do it fast You’reme paranoid”

“Since nobody’s sued or prosecuted anyone yet, we can’t even get a court order to examine the system,” I said “All we can do is pressure the co and try to find out e can, however we can Have you tried talking to Hirschbeck about this? Maybe he’ll be more receptive to you than me”