United states tax collector

"What you said makes sense, so let's do it according to your opinion."

"OK."

After hanging up the phone, David immediately called Lewis over and asked him to inform the media about the live broadcast.

Not long after, there was a knock on his office door, and Nissen walked in and said: "Director, the Camorra family's lawyer said he wants to see you."

David paused and said, "Let him in."

A few minutes later, a blond woman walked in and introduced herself: "Hello Director David, my name is Cathy, and I am the attorney appointed by the Camorra family."

"Hello Ms. Cathy, please sit down."

"That's right, Director David, my client has received the news that the court will be held this afternoon, so he wants to entrust me to talk to you to see if there is any room for recovery in this matter."

After sitting down, Cathy didn't talk nonsense and got straight to the point.

"It's already reached this point, doesn't your client think it's a little late?"

In fact, David is too lazy to deal with the Camorra family. It's just that this family is too crazy. Even if it publicly supports Pipps, it actually dares to collude with two other congressmen to get involved. It's no wonder he is so desperate. .

"Director David, my client has realized his mistake. They have accumulated some wealth over the years. If you are willing to be arrogant, they can pay a generous penalty. This amount will definitely increase To your satisfaction!”

Dai showed a harmless smile and said, "Even if I don't show my favor, don't their family's funds belong to our Western Suburbs Branch?"

These words made Cathy stunned on the spot, but she soon understood that there was nothing wrong with David's words.

With the authority of the Internal Revenue Service, as long as the Camorra family can be convicted and confirmed to be suspected of tax evasion and criminals, then all of the family's wealth can indeed be collected into the tax treasury.

In this case, her current so-called payment of a generous fine seems to be a bit of a joke.

Her expression changed for a while, but Cathy did not give up. She quickly added: "Director David, the Camorra family has been operating in Los Angeles for so many years. If you don't praise them, they are hens that can lay golden eggs. In the long run, Say, you retain them and generate tax revenue for you, which is far more valuable than sending them directly to prison."

"No, I don't agree with you. Putting him in jail is the only value we have right now."

"But Director David..."

Cathy understood that in the past two days, the Western Suburban Branch had been arresting people involved in the Camorra family and dispatching fighter planes to intercept them. She must have sufficient evidence on hand.

Once this goes to court, no matter how proficient she is in the law, she will probably lose the case, so she can only fight hard now.

But no matter what she said and what price she offered, how could David, who was determined to use this family as a warning to others, relent?

Seeing no hope, Cathy could only stand up with a look of helplessness, push the door open and leave.

Not long after he left, Keanu pushed in the door, put a pile of documents on the table in his hand, and said: "Director, this is the evidence chain of the Camorra family. Please take a look at it." Is there anything else wrong?”

David nodded, then picked it up and started checking it. After about an hour, he looked a little silent after looking through all the documents.

According to an inventory carried out by the Western Suburbs Bureau, the total value of the Camorra family's cash, real estate, and some antique collections is approximately US$1 billion.

Of course, the Camorra family, which has ruled the Los Angeles underground for more than ten or twenty years, has more than just this one billion US dollar asset.

Most of the assets were transferred to Switzerland by the family in various ways and stored in Swiss banks, which are known as the safest in the world. The total amount is 1.5 billion US dollars.

"It's the Swiss Bank again..."

In many cases that David has investigated before, such as the Rodgorski Group, many of their key members placed most of their funds in Swiss banks, and now the Camorra family has also put most of their funds in them. Put it there.

Although the IRS has great power, it is not powerful enough to ask Swiss banks to hand over the money obediently, so this now makes him feel like a stuck in his throat.

This is 1.5 billion US dollars!

If he successfully confiscated it, he would definitely receive praise from the General Administration and even the White House.

After thinking about it for a while, David felt that this was not going to work. He had to find a way to crack the Swiss bank safe. Otherwise, he always felt that no matter whether he punished the previous Rodgorski Group or the current card The Mora family, as well, all made wedding dresses for other people.

Of course, this matter must be considered in the long term. After all, the black tax bill is the sword in his hand, so the most important thing now is to deal with the group of people who are making trouble against the black tax bill and stabilize the foundation of his power.

…

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Long Beach District Internal Revenue Service Municipal Bureau Building.

"Hello everyone, this is ABS TV station. Now I have arrived at the location of the trial. According to the notice issued by the Western Suburbs Branch, we have obtained the permission to broadcast live this round of trial for the first time. The trial is still half an hour away. Starting, we will broadcast the live situation to everyone in real time..."

"Hello everyone, this is CBS TV station..."

All major media have arrived at the court hearing, and among them, the three TV stations, ABS, CBS, and NBC, are particularly excited.

There is no other reason. As they said, this time they were authorized to enter the live broadcast of the court hearing. This is an unprecedented time. It is conceivable that this time it will definitely attract tens of thousands of people in the United States to watch. The ratings are bound to explode!

"Oh my god, the Western Suburbs Branch actually allowed the live broadcast of this trial. It's really incredible..."

“I’ve always wanted to see the IRS trial and see the angry faces of the convicted criminals, and now I finally have the chance!”

"Aren't many people always criticizing the IRS for holding a one-note court hearing? Now it's better. The Western Suburbs Branch has directly allowed the public live broadcast. Isn't this democratic enough?"

"..."

Netizens and viewers did not expect that this time, for the first time, the Western Suburbs Branch would allow the media to enter the live broadcast of the trial. But when they thought that they could see every move at the trial this time, they naturally became very excited and looking forward to it.

Under the media's broadcast and the heated discussion of the audience, invited celebrities from the City Hall, State House, and Los Angeles gradually came to the scene.

Among them, Pieps, and two congressmen, Springhall Fubien and Timothy Valk, who were later involved in the criticism of the black tax bill, also came to the scene.

In fact, they didn't really want to come, because various signs have shown that the Camorra family is probably dead this time, and they can't gain anything by coming.

However, the Camorra family is, after all, the leader of the Los Angeles underground, and the family has publicly supported the three of them.

If the three of them don't come, it will definitely chill the criminals. But if they come this time, let's not talk about what will happen to the Camorra family, but at least they are here to stand up for the family. Made an appeasement to those lawless elements.

"Director David is here."

"Director David, are you confident that your western suburbs branch will convict the Camorra family today?"

"Director David, in order to intercept the Camorra family, the IRS went to great lengths to dispatch F22F35 fighter jets. Isn't it a waste of taxpayers' money?"

"Director David..."

Seeing David's arrival, media outlets of all sizes swarmed over.

Seeing that David was not interested in being interviewed, Buckinson and others on the side were also very sensible and immediately opened their arms to stop the media reporters.

When he walked into the hall, David found that Felton and Director João of the state bureau had also stopped here early.

Among them, João came up to him and asked, "How about Chief David, are you confident in this trial today?"

"Don't worry, Director Joao. Everything is under control. I'll go see Judge Nicola first."

After a brief conversation, David took the elevator all the way up to Judge Nicola's office, knocked on the door, and pushed open the door.

"Here comes Director David."

Nicola put down the file in her hand, raised her head and looked at David, and said slightly worriedly: "Director David, if the open media comes to broadcast live... there won't be any trouble, right?"

"Don't worry about this. Our western suburbs branch's evidence chain is complete and there won't be any negative impact."

The reason why the Internal Revenue Service's court trials have always been closed is mainly because when encountering some tax evaders with incomplete evidence chains, it is indeed necessary to use arbitrary methods to convict.

However, the chain of evidence he now has is so complete that no one can find fault with it, so he is naturally not afraid of being affected by public opinion.

"That's good……"

Nicola was relieved to hear this.

In the following time, the two discussed some details of the case and the sentencing standards.

It wasn't until the time came to 2.25 that everyone got up to prepare and then came to the court.

When you come here, you can see that the three major media outlets that have been allowed to come in for live broadcast are already in place, and the invited people from all walks of life have also taken their seats.

After David checked, his eyes focused on the three Pips who were sitting in a row. Not to be outdone, these three people also cast sharp glances.

"All rise!"

After hearing the reminder from the court personnel, David withdrew his gaze and came to his seat.

At this time, in the passage, Judge Nicola walked out, came to the judge's seat, and said: "Sit down, the court is now officially open, and bring the defendant!"

In the passage on the other side, the Camorra family members were brought out one by one.

And seeing the celebrities and officials from all walks of life who were brothers to their family in the past, sitting in the auditorium and watching their trial quietly, the people of the Camorra family felt somewhat sad and angry at this moment.

Before they could think any more, Nicola on the stage spoke up: "Riquel Camorra, Bowison Camorra, Victoria Camorra... Now this court accuses you of tax evasion, murder, Drug trafficking... and a series of other charges, do you plead guilty?"

"Your Honor, our family is running a legitimate business. I don't know where these slanders like murder and drug trafficking come from. I deny it!"

As the spokesperson of the Camorra family, Riker did not get confused just because he was in the dock, and immediately stood up and denied it.

The reason why he only denied drug trafficking and murder, but not tax evasion, was because when he took off yesterday, he couldn't quibble about the funds he carried on the plane, so he could only say so first.

Nicola nodded slightly, then looked at David who was sitting: "Please ask the accuser from the Western Suburbs Branch to come out and make a statement."

David picked up the prepared documents, walked straight to the audience, and said to Nicola on the stage: "Your Honor, according to our investigation, the total assets of the Camorra family in Los Angeles are 1 billion U.S. dollars, and according to the black tax Total profits generated since the bill was passed are $110 million."

"And yesterday they tried to leave the country in fear of crime. After they were intercepted by us, they carried 63 million in cash on the plane. This batch of cash had no legal source."

"In addition, I also found several Swiss bank accounts of the Camorra family here, which contain 1.5 billion US dollars of their family's funds. As for the source of these funds, our Western Suburbs Branch has also checked, and it was through..."

As David revealed information about the Camorra family's operations, as well as the laundering and transfer of funds, many people in the auditorium looked a little unnatural.

Because the funds of the Camorra family can be cleaned so cleanly and transferred out, this is inseparable from many of them.

But fortunately, they finally relaxed after remembering that Mayor Gritzer told them yesterday that David would not implicate them.

However, these people were relaxed, but the people on the Camorra family side were dumbfounded, shocked, and confused.

According to their understanding, it only took a few days for the Western Suburbs Branch to investigate them. In such a short period of time, it was enough to figure out their family’s operating model, money laundering channels, and transfer methods. How could they even connect to Switzerland? The funds in the bank are also clearly checked?

Of course, they didn't know that David had such a thing as a plug-in, otherwise they wouldn't be so surprised.

"Okay Director David, submit your documents for me to see."

The court staff immediately took away the documents from David's hand and handed them to Nicola on the stage. She then carefully read through them for more than ten minutes, and finally looked at the dock and asked: "Defendant, According to these documents, your family has indeed engaged in a large amount of money laundering, asset transfer, tax evasion, etc. How do you explain it?"

No one from the Camorra family answered, but their lawyer Cathy said: "Your Honor, I want to see these documents."