The Medallion by Alan P. Woodruff

Author:Alan P. Woodruff [Woodruff, Alan P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781798858943
Publisher: Alan P. Woodruff
Published: 2019-04-07T22:00:00+00:00

PART 2

17.

At ten o’clock White was in the study of his apartment drinking his third cup of coffee — American coffee — and considering the actions he needed to take next. His thoughts were interrupted by Horse’s voice on the intercom. “Lucius, I have something you’ll want to take a look at.”

Horse’s office on the first floor of the old warehouse was every computer nerd’s fantasy. He had the latest in sophisticated hardware, and several systems had been linked together in a way only Horse understood to multiply the power and speed he had available.

“What do you have?” White asked as he lowered himself gingerly into the chair beside what would have been a conference table if it hadn’t been covered in printouts, wires, and electronic gadgets. Horse didn’t show any signs of damage from their venture, and White took pains, literally and figuratively, not to let on how battered and bruised he felt.

“I haven’t gotten into the details yet, but at least I know what kind of information is on the disks,” Horse said. “A couple of disks contain records of money transfers. There’s a lot of money being moved around. Hundreds of millions.”

White whistled. “That’s a lot of spare change. Have you been able to trace any of it?”

“Not yet. It’s going to take some time to identify all the banks and transactions. But that’s not what I wanted you to see. One of the disks contains scanned copies of deeds for the purchase of property.”

“Where?”

“I don’t know exactly. The properties are only identified by their legal descriptions, but the parcels are located in northern Montana.”

White was suddenly alert. Records of property purchases alone meant little. But Montana. At the very least, it was a strange place for someone from Central America to be buying property. Whatever the purchases meant, they were too close to home.

“That narrows things down a little, but Montana’s a big state,” White said, controlling his breathing. “Is there anything you can do to narrow it down?”

“The legal descriptions locate the properties by range and section. I may be able to get a real estate map from the state records website.”

“See what you can find,” White urged. “Do you know who the purchaser is?”

“These documents identify several different corporations as the buyers.”

“What can you find out about them?”

“I’m not familiar with the records they maintain in Montana, but I should be able to find out where the corporations are located and identify the corporate officers from state records online.”

“How soon can you have anything?”

“I’ll access the Montana state website for corporate records as soon as we’re through. It’ll probably take a while to narrow down the property locations.”

“What else do you have?”

“Plenty,” Horse said, “and you better sit down for this one.”

“What can be more surprising than someone from Central America buying land in Montana?”

“One of the disks contains copies of email messages. I’ve just started looking at them. From what I’ve seen so far, at least some of them refer to your venture in Idaho.

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