Chapter 12 - Shadows of the Past
While the inside of the Moretti estate was filled with light, the wider underworld of New York had not entirely forgotten the name Moretti.
Deep in a secure corporate office in Manhattan, a federal prosecutor named David Vance—unrelated to Frank—sat reviewing cold case files from a decade prior. His focus was on the remnants of the old Greco syndicate, specifically a series of hidden offshore accounts that had never been fully recovered when Mario Greco went to federal prison.
His phone buzzed on the mahogany desk.
"Vance," he answered.
"Prosecutor Vance, you requested notification if any dormant assets associated with the 2016 Long Island raid showed activity," a digital forensic investigator said on the other end. "We just flagged a massive digital transfer originating from a Swiss shell corporation linked to Mario Greco’s former lieutenant. It’s moving toward a private account in Europe."
David narrowed his eyes. "Who controls the receiving end?"
"That’s the strange part, sir," the investigator paused. "The destination account is registered under a holding company that traces directly back to the Moretti Charitable Foundation."
David frowned. Alessandro Moretti had spent the last ten years scrubbing his hands clean of illicit activities, transforming his empire into a legitimate global conglomerate and charity network. Why would money from an old Greco shell account route back to Alessandro?
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"Keep tracking it," David ordered, a sudden wave of suspicion washing over him. "If Alessandro Moretti is playing a double game, I want proof before the end of the week."
Unbeknownst to the federal prosecutor, however, the digital trail wasn't a sign of Alessandro returning to his old ways—it was the final trap being sprung.
