Chapter 12 - The Arrest of Victor SterlingVictor tried to run.
A private jet waited at the airport.
A false passport sat inside his briefcase.
He almost reached the highway.
Then the black SUVs surrounded him.
FBI agents pulled him from his car.
“You can’t do this!” Victor shouted.
An agent placed him against the vehicle.
“You have the right to remain silent.”
Victor struggled.
“I own this city!”
“No,” Julian Abarca said as he approached.
“You used to.”
The charges were devastating.
Conspiracy.
Financial crimes.
Espionage.
Attempted kidnapping.
Conspiracy to commit murder.
Victor looked toward 42 Meridian Lane in the distance.
The house was still standing.
The family was still alive.
And for the first time, Victor understood something.
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Money could buy many things.
But it could not buy back a life destroyed by greed.
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