“You are lying.”
“No. Check it if you want.”
At that moment, the office door burst open. Agents and bulletproof vests entered.
“Hands up.”
Ortega tried to draw a weapon, but was quickly subdued. His bodyguards did not resist. They knew they were finished.
“Nicholas Ortega, you are under arrest for organizing a criminal group, corruption, and involvement in fraud.”
Ortega looked at Ethan with pure hatred.
“In the end, you betrayed me. You bastard.”
“First, I did not want to.”
“You will rot in jail, rat.”
Colonel Black himself put the handcuffs on Ortega.
“The game is over, Nicholas. We know about your foreign accounts, your shell companies, your bribes. There is enough for several life sentences.”
The arrest of Ortega was a bombshell. A corrupt official, the mastermind of a criminal scheme that had stolen over a billion dollars from the state. Cases like this made the front pages of the newspapers.
Emily saw the news on television. Ethan and Ortega in handcuffs, images of the raids, comments from experts. Justice had triumphed.
In the evening, Colonel Black called Emily.
“The operation was a success. Thanks to you, we have dismantled the largest corruption scheme in recent years.”