Victoria Houston - Loon Lake 14 - Dead Lil' Hustler by Victoria Houston

Author:Victoria Houston [Houston, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - Fishing - Police Chief - Wisconsin
ISBN: 1440568405
Publisher: Tyrus Books
Published: 2014-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Returning to the station, Lew was relieved to find her office empty and her desk just as she had left it. She poked her head into the conference room where the weasel sat hunched over his laptop. “Alan,” she said, “any luck? How’s it going?”

He looked up and pushed his chair back. “Actually, yes. I reached a local bank officer who was able to tell me all about your friend.”

“My friend?” Lew walked into the room, crossed her arms, and waited.

“Mr. Jarvison. Bud.”

“I know the man. He is not my friend.”

“Oh well,” Alan smirked, “whatever. Turns out Chairman Jarvison has been making deposits to his personal bank account every few days in amounts just below the legal limit of ten grand that triggers SARs—Suspicious Activity Reports.”

“How much money are you talking about?”

“At the rate he’s been depositing? Forty to fifty thousand a week. And staying just under the radar we use to target money launderers.”

“So that’s why you’re here,” said Lew. “I’ve been wondering what would bring the FBI to Loon Lake. The Jarvisons are very wealthy people. He inherited millions and since he’s retired from the day-to-day operations maybe it’s an oversight. Probably thought he didn’t have to worry about it.”

“Doubt that. Fact is our regional office was tipped off about this activity months ago. Last December, in fact. But we had to prioritize Homeland Security directives so I didn’t get around to checking on this until I saw the posting about the banker found dead in your national forest.”

“You mean Peter Corbin?”

“I remembered the name the minute I saw it. He’s the banker who tipped us. He said that he brought the issue of the multiple deposits to Mr. Jarvison’s attention because he didn’t want the Jarvison Bank Corporation held accountable and fined. All he asked at the time was that Jarvison document the source of his funds in order to keep the transactions transparent for bank regulators. Up until then, he assumed Jarvison was selling stocks. When Jarvison blew him off, he had second thoughts and came to us.”

“You think Bud Jarvison had something to do with Peter Corbin’s death?”

Alan’s eyes searched Lew’s. “I wouldn’t go that far—yet. The first question is where is the money coming from?”

“That’s easy to answer. The family is filthy rich.”

“Was filthy rich.”

Lew pulled out a chair and sat down. “Now how do you know that?” The guy might look like a weasel but she was impressed with his work ethic. “Is the bank allowed to share personal financial information?”

“I didn’t need it. I used the old ‘hunting and fishing’ technique: talked to a stockbroker who duck hunts with the banker and was an advisor to Jarvison until very recently. He said Jarvison made some really big and really bad bets in the market last year. Lost $32 million.”

Lew whistled. “So what next?”

“Like I said—I need to find the source of that money. Is he laundering from someone or some group? Is it mob money? Wouldn’t be the first time that’s happened up here.

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