Chapter 6 - The Secret Audit
Maya tapped the tablet screen, bringing up a secure encrypted file sent by her forensic accounting team ten minutes prior.
"You didn't just come here to pitch a proposal, Lauren," Maya noted softly, scrolling through line items of severe financial mismanagement. "You came here because your firm is three weeks away from foreclosure due to embezzled pension funds."
Lauren turned ghostly white. Her breath hitched in her throat as she realized Maya’s team had already dissected every fraudulent ledger her accountants had tried to hide.
"Where... how did you get those files?" Lauren gasped, her hands trembling violently against the ruined tablecloth.
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"When you submitted your application to my foundation three months ago, my team performed a mandatory background audit," Maya revealed calmly. "We found that fifty percent of your portfolio was built on stolen intellectual property from smaller minority-owned firms."
👉 Read on as Maya prepares to deliver the final verdict on Lauren's proposal.
