Chapter 9 - SHATTERED EMPIRE
The fallout was swift and devastating. Ryan’s recorded confession, combined with the encrypted drive and Rachel’s testimony, gave the federal prosecutors a flawless case.
Within forty-eight hours, the FBI executed synchronized raids across the city. The Moretti syndicate’s front businesses were shuttered, their lieutenants arrested, and their accounts seized. Corporate tycoons who had utilized Ryan’s "consulting" services to hide their dirty money were dragged out of their corner offices in handcuffs.
Ryan’s pristine corporate world was reduced to ash. He faced a mountain of charges: money laundering, wire fraud, conspiracy, and felony domestic assault. The high-stakes game he thought he was playing had swallowed him whole. He tried to cut a plea deal by offering up higher-ups in the mob, but with the data I had provided, the feds already had everything they needed. Ryan Lawson was entirely useless to everyone.
