United states tax collector

Eugene also smiled, and then said: "The next step will depend on his performance. If he can really make Lawson Rubins look bad, then we will save a lot of trouble."

Stevenson also stopped smiling and became expectant.

He is about to step down as governor. Although he wants to directly run for president, there are too many ruthless characters in American politics.

There is the old special before and the current old worshiper behind.

In addition, Hillary Clinton, known as the Iron Lady of America, is also waiting to make a comeback in 2024.

Although he has the support of the Mogen family, compared to these people, both his reputation and political resources are much lower.

Therefore, his real idea is to run for Senate first after resigning as governor, accumulate a wave of reputation and political resources, and then use this as a springboard to attack the high office.

But the problem now is that Lawson Rubins is not only his biggest rival, but he has also repeatedly attacked him as governor on television for his various inappropriate policies in Nevada.

If David could make that guy stink and die, then he would be happy!

…

Lake District Branch.

After ending the call, David held his chin in thought for a while, and finally picked up the phone: "Get me some information on Lawson Rubins, the senatorial candidate."

About 20 minutes later, Ariel sent the information.

David opened it and looked at it, and soon learned the detailed information about the candidate.

Yes, this man was indeed Stevenson's political enemy.

Moreover, he has criticized Stevenson in various public places many times. No wonder Stevenson wants to use his own hands to stink others!

However, David just told Eugene on the phone that he would start investigating, it was just a delaying tactic, and he would not be fooled into being used as a weapon.

The governor was always making things difficult for him. If he continued to let things go like this, he might be in trouble next time.

But now after reading the information about Lawson Rubins here, he has some ideas in his mind.

Doesn't Stevenson want to use his own hands to get rid of his political opponents? Then can he also use the other party's political opponents to get rid of the other party?

The reason why David has always been afraid of Stevenson's three-pointer is because he is worried that if he directly engages him, it will cause concern to the forces behind him and other high-level figures, which will cause a very unfavorable situation for himself.

But if Stevenson's opponents, such as Lawson Rubins, are used, this may be a shield.

Of course, this requires careful planning!

"Kekeke..."

While David was still thinking, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Bucky walked in and said, "After checking, the two groups of criminals who bribed Bobby have been taken away."

"Taken away by someone? Who?"

David was a little confused.

Bucky replied: "We can't find out yet because their identities are confidential, but what is certain is that they must be someone from a law enforcement agency!"

David's expression darkened and he asked, "Have you found out their whereabouts or anything?"

As long as you can see these people and use its golden finger to examine them, you can probably know which law enforcement agency they are.

"Bradley and Condliff are tracking, it will take some time."

"Okay, go get busy and let me know if there's any news."

…

The time came to 9 o'clock in the evening.

David is still in the office, processing case files sent from various cities.

At the same time, they are also waiting for news from Bradley and Condliff.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and Bucky walked in and said, "There is news for the tax chief. They are at the 'Savage Bar' in the new city."

David immediately stood up, put on his coat, picked up his tax badge and gun, then opened the door and left.

Savage Bar is located in an alley in New Town.

When David and Bucky arrived, Bradley and Condliff were standing at the door smoking.

As soon as they saw David coming, the two immediately threw their cigarettes on the ground and stamped them out. Bradley said immediately: "They are inside!"

"lead the way!"

Bradley and Condliff immediately took the lead and walked into the bar.

This is a clear bar. When you step in, a strong smell of tobacco and alcohol hits your nostrils instantly, and the air is filled with subtle smoke.

There are also various primitive decorations hanging on the walls of the bar, such as animal skins, feathers and wooden tools, which correspond to the word "savage" in the "Savage Bar".

The two of them walked into the corner of the bar with David behind them, and saw a burly man with his back to them, enjoying a cocktail.

[Name: Browning Todd. 】

[Occupation: FBI agent. 】

[Income: monthly legal income of 16,000 US dollars, illegal income of 82,000 US dollars. 】

[Income details: On December 9, a group of violent terrorists were dealt with in Henderson, and 500,000 in funds were seized, and a profit of 20,000 US dollars was embezzled. On December 17, three spies were arrested in Virginia City. , seized 200,000 yuan of funds, and embezzled 20,000 US dollars from it...]

【More details:……】

[Tax payable: US$20,500. 】

When this man's information appeared in David's eyes, he finally understood.

He said, why is Bobby's investigation information so professional? It turned out to be someone from the FBI.

And it was FBI agents who took action!

In the FBI system, general agents are usually responsible for the FBI's daily investigation work, including the investigation of criminal activities, intelligence collection and analysis, interstate crimes, financial crimes, terrorist activities, etc.

As for the agents, they are the elites in the FBI. They are usually responsible for handling cases involving national security and foreign intelligence, such as counterintelligence, counterterrorism, counterinsurgency and other activities.

It’s no wonder that the IRS keeps the identity information of these people confidential.

"Brother, someone is sitting here."

While thinking, Bradley and Condliff had already arrived at the side of the agent named Browning.

Browning thought that the two people were here to share a table or occupy a seat, so he immediately reminded them.

"Am I not human?"

David came to the table and sat directly opposite Browning.

Browning, who was still a little unhappy at first, changed his expression instantly when he saw David's face, but soon returned to normal, pretending to be nonchalant and replied: "What do you mean?"

"Let me introduce myself first. I am David, the tax collector of the Lake District Branch of the IRS."

"Taxmaster David..."

Browning first pretended to think for a while, and then pretended to suddenly remember something and said: "David, Chief Tax Officer, I heard your name on TV!"

Seeing the other party's appearance, David felt a little funny.

He has made so much big news recently. As an FBI agent in Nevada, the other party must be very familiar with him.

But it's hard for him to pretend like this now.

"May I have your name?"

"Saul Clark."

"what for?"

"Wire workers."

"Stop pretending!"

David's direct words made Browning's expression darken slightly, and he asked, "What do you mean by this?"

"You still don't know why I came to you, Mr. Browning, the FBI's agent!"

Browning fell silent when his identity was revealed directly, but his eyes gradually became sharper.

Bucky and the others on the side were stunned for a moment, and then angry expressions began to appear on their faces.

Among the law enforcement agencies in the United States, only the IRS has ever engaged the FBI. When has anyone from the FBI dared to engage them?

The previous investigation against Bobby turned out to be conducted by the FBI.

Although this matter is not Bobby's fault.

But they didn’t even notify them in advance, which is too disrespectful to the IRS and doesn’t take them seriously!

"How is this going?"

And when the atmosphere here was somewhat solidified, a voice of questioning came from behind, causing everyone to turn their heads.

[Name: Michelson Nutt. 】

[Occupation: FBI agent. 】

[Income: monthly legal income of 16,000 US dollars, illegal income of 82,000 US dollars. 】

[Income details: On December 9, a group of violent terrorists were dealt with in Henderson, and 500,000 in funds were seized, and a profit of 20,000 US dollars was embezzled. On December 17, three spies were arrested in Virginia City. , seized 200,000 yuan of funds, and embezzled 20,000 US dollars from it...]

【More details:……】

[Tax payable: US$20,500. 】

When David examined the agent named Michelson, the agent also saw David, and his pupils shrank unnoticeably.

"You're here just in time Agent Michelson, let's talk!"

Hearing David's words, Michelson suddenly felt bad, but he still walked up slowly, sat down and asked: "Chief David, what do you mean by blocking us?"

"I heard that you are investigating my subordinate Bobby recently. Is this the case?"

Michelson and Browning looked at each other, and then Michelson replied: "We have no intention of targeting your subordinates. It is our FBI's responsibility to deal with corruption incidents."

David smiled disdainfully and replied: "It's just corruption, but it actually wants to alert you two FBI agents to come out to investigate?"

Generally speaking, cases of corruption and bribery are investigated and handled by ordinary FBI agents.

At the agent level, the main focus is on national security issues.

Now the reason why these two people went to investigate Bobby showed that someone was behind the scenes.

I just don’t know if the person who directly instructs them is Stevenson or their superior.

The two were silent for a while, and Michelson replied: "We happened to meet each other, so we investigated directly. Why, Chief Tax Officer David, this is official business. You won't ask us to investigate what your subordinates have." Opinion?"

What he said was actually an insinuation of David. Although you have a great reputation, our FBI also enforces the law impartially. Do you, David, still want to take revenge?

"Of course not, I'm just worried about you FBI, don't be used by people with ulterior motives!"

"You don't have to worry about it, Chief Tax Officer David. We at the FBI will naturally have a sense of proportion!"

"So that means there's nothing to talk about?"

Seeing David's unruffled look, and recalling the previous armed deployments and the major earthquakes in Henderson and Sparks, Browning and Michelson suddenly felt A shudder.

But when he thought about what his superiors had told him, Mitchelson could only reply forcefully: "Director David, I don't know what to talk about. After all, it is a fact that your subordinates accepted bribes. You can't let us Are you bending the law for personal gain?"

"Well, you're right!"

David stood up directly, and Michelson and Browning were also relieved at this time. They thought David was going to leave in despair.

What they didn't expect was that David's words in the next second made the two of them doubt their lives.

"Bring back!"

Bucky, Bradley, and Condliff were stunned for a moment, but soon came to their senses and immediately stepped forward.

At this time, Browning Michelson finally reacted after a brief absence.

Browning angrily shouted: "What do you mean, are you planning to avenge yourself?"

"Tax Commissioner David, it is true that your IRS is powerful, but we at the FBI are not vegetarians either. If you want to mess with us, first see if you can afford the consequences!"

Michelson also echoed.

David looked at them and said without emotion: "What's the matter of public revenge? Now I suspect you two of being involved in tax evasion. I would like to ask you to go back with us to be investigated. You FBI should know that we have this power, right?"

The two of them stared at David for a long time, and then Michelson gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, we can go back with you, but if we can't give an explanation afterwards, this matter will definitely not be over!"

After escorting the two men back to the bureau, David did not continue to interrogate them, but planned to detain them for one night to weaken their spirit.

Later, in order to avoid alerting others, he first asked people to collect the mobile phones of the two people, and then ordered people not to make calls.

Finally, he called Bucky and the others over, gave them some information about Browning and Michelson, and asked them to check it out overnight.

After doing all this, he returned home.

The next morning, David came to the bureau. Bucky and the others immediately found him and handed him the information they had checked overnight.

He looked at it carefully for half an hour, and after confirming that there was no problem, he ordered people to bring Michelson and Browning to the interrogation room.

"How are you two? Did you have a good rest last night?"

Hearing David's teasing tone, Browning and Michelson's eyes were scarlet, and they looked like they wanted to eat David.

As FBI agents, they have always punished others. How could anyone dare to punish them like this?

They were actually detained in the detention room all night.

That’s a whole night!

They didn't know how they got here last night.

At this time, they had secretly sworn in their hearts that this revenge would be repaid twice as much!

But David ignored their angry looks and said: "Okay, let me tell you straight, you hand over who ordered it and the criminals who bribed Bobby, and that's the end of the matter. Now, I won’t pursue anything else!”

"You still want to pursue other matters..."

The two people who were already angry were even more angry and gritted their teeth after hearing this.

"Why, it's a crime for my men to accept bribes, but it's not a crime for you to evade taxes, right?"

"Don't frame us here and accuse us of tax evasion. If you have the ability, come up with evidence!"

David leaned back, crossed his arms across his chest, and said slowly: "Do you still remember what happened on December 9, 2021?"

Upon hearing this date, Browning and Michelson were startled, and then looked at each other with a little doubt in their eyes.

"If you don't remember, let me help you recall it!"

"At that time, you were in Henderson and captured a group of people who wanted to carry out terrorist attacks on Christmas. You were at the scene and seized 500,000 illegal funds, right?"

After hearing these words, the expressions of the two people changed slightly.

Immediately afterwards, Michelson immediately retorted: "I don't know where you got the gossip. What we seized at that time was 460,000 US dollars, and all of it has been handed over. If you want to know more, you can go to our department to check!"

David was not in a hurry, opened the information he brought, took out a few photos, and placed them in front of the two of them.

The person in the photo was none other than Michelson, and he was in a romantic place in the main street.

"What does this mean? Who said the FBI can't go to a place like this?"

Although this place is secretly a place of romance, it is legal on the surface. Michelson is not worried about David using this as an excuse to punish him.

David took out another document, placed it in front of him, and said: "This is the confession of the dancer who received you at that time. You gave her 100 US dollars. In addition, the venue charged 800 US dollars." cost of."

"But what's interesting is that you gave this money in cash, and we tracked your account and found the salary funds in your account. In the past few months, except for some automatic deduction items, the total expenditure was only 500 U.S. dollars, how do you explain the source of this $900 in cash?"

For all public employees in the United States, their monthly salary and bonuses are paid directly to their accounts, and there is no direct cash payment.

Therefore, whenever the IRS wants to investigate a public official, the easiest way is to directly trace their accounts and trace the cash they use, and it will be clear at a glance.

Although Michelson is an FBI agent and has a strong sense of counter-investigation, as long as he is greedy for money, it must be spent.

In this situation where high-tech cameras are flying all over the sky, with the powerful channels and resources of the IRS, and the information that David has mastered with his golden finger, it is not too difficult to find these clues about him.

Michelson frowned slightly, but quickly retorted: "I withdrew 10,000 US dollars six months ago. The cash was left over from then. Is there a problem with this?"

David smiled, took out another piece of paper and put it in front of him, and said: "Six months ago, you did withdraw ten thousand US dollars from your account, but then you spent US$1,000 on repairing the car and buying it for your parents. I spent 1,200 US dollars on a massage chair, insurance, and smoking every day..."

"Add all these expenses together, and the total we calculated is 9,887 US dollars. How do you explain this?"

After hearing these words, Mitchelson, who is an agent with extremely high psychological quality, was also dumbfounded.

Damn it, even if the IRS can investigate that he spent 900 US dollars on that romantic place, it even includes the money he withdrew six months ago, every subsequent expense, and even how much he spent on a pack of cigarettes. All were calculated in detail.

How else could he argue with this?

Seeing that he stopped talking, David took out several more documents and placed them in front of him and said, "In addition to this 900 US dollars, you also made a total of cash purchases in Virginia, Reno, and Carson City. The total amount of records is 11,236 US dollars, how do you explain this money?"

Michelson gradually began to panic inside.

Because he knew very well that if the cash spent was not clearly explained, David would have an excuse to punish him.

On the side, although David's 'butcher's knife' had not yet been raised towards him, Browning felt equally uneasy when he saw his partner's appearance.

The reason is simple.

Since David can get the details of Mitchelson's cash consumption, it will not be difficult to get his.

really.

The next second, David threw a pile of documents in front of him and said: "This is you Browning. In the past two months, your total cash consumption is 5,065 US dollars. We have verified this amount. It’s also not your salary, please explain the source, the source of each amount!”

Browning picked up the document and looked at it for a while, and then his expression became silent.

"Don't think it's just a matter of tens of thousands of dollars. In addition to the incident in Henderson on December 9, on the 17th, you captured three spies in Virginia and seized 200,000 in cash from them. The same amount of US$20,000 was deducted.”

"And on the 23rd, when you were tracking a transnational arms organization, you embezzled another 25,000 US dollars in cash..."

"From the time the Black Tax Act came into effect until now, you have pocketed more than 80,000 US dollars in total. If this news gets out, I guess it won't be easy for you two, right?"

Browning Michelson and Browning Michelson were already feeling heavy enough, but when they heard that David actually had information about other cases involving them, they couldn't sit still at all.

Now it is not as simple as the two of them being caught by David. They are elite agents of the FBI. If they are arrested by the IRS for tax evasion, it will also be a big blow to the image of the FBI.

When the time comes, not to mention those colleagues and superiors, even the senior officials of the FBI in Washington will want to skin them and cramp them.

They really can't afford this consequence!

"Tell me, who instigated this incident, and where is he now?"

David saw that the two of them had 'broken their defenses' and stopped talking nonsense and asked directly.

He now first needs to know whether it was Stevenson who gave the instructions or the superiors of these two people.

It’s a bit stuck, so I’ll update this 6,000-word chapter today.