Chapter 534 Lundy started to speak, âAbout this whole thing, itâs been bugging me for years. To be honest, Iâve never even met this Julia person. But back then, my greed got the better of me and I made a terrible mistake. I wanted that huge sum of money. The deal was for me to handle a large amount of funds discretely, through bank procedures. To put it bluntly, it was money laundering. I secretly went through with it, never imagining that I was digging my own grave.â
âSo, youâre saying youâve never met my mother, who gave you the money then?â
âAll the operations were managed by my secretary at the time. But after the shit hit the fan, he vanished without a trace. Heâs still missing, which only makes me think this was a trap, expertly laid out for me. But I have no idea if the target was me or Julia.â
Agnes had already guessed as much, she figured this was all Alyssaâs doing..
Even Tim knew, only the Whitfield family had the clout to get away with it. Despite maný suspicions, no one dared to dig in, But over the years, Agnes had found new leads.
Especially through Alicia, Agnes knew Laura and her father were also involved.
If Laura was involved, things got even more complicated.
Agnes asked, âDid you ever hear about a woman named Laura?â
Lundy shook his head, âDoesnât ring a bell.â
Agnes fell into deep thought.
Lundy said, âWhatâs done is done. Iâve paid a high price for my past actions. Now that Iâm outta jail, I just wanna liveâaâquiet life for whatâs left of it. Whoever you are, Iâve said all Iâve got to say. I hope you wonât bother me again.â
With that, Lundy, holding his dog, was about to leave.
Agnes said, âIf someone deliberately set you up, making you serve fifteen years in prison, can you really just accept it? Donât you want to know who it was? He might be living the high life now, without having to pay for any price. Even though you made a mistake, without someone setting you up, you wouldnât have wasted most of your life in jail.â
Something Agnes said struck a chord with Lundy. He turned around and said, âIf you want to uncover the truth, I wonât stand in your way. I still have the old deposit receipts. The money was transferred to a Swiss bank account and was later frozen. But there was also a half a million that was never accounted for. If no one claims this money, according to Swiss law, anyone can claim it after twenty years, as long as they have the original deposit receipt. The sum will be adjusted -according to the exchange rate and interest. But this money must be claimed within a certain time frame after the twenty years, and the information must remain confidential, otherwise, itâll be returned and the identity of the original account holder will be revealed. If this old case is reopened, it could be very dangerous. The person who set the trap wouldnât be that dumb. Theyâll surely claim the money within that time frame.â
Agnes got the gist of what Lundy was saying.
Lundy put it plainly, âIn other words, whoever made the original deposit must still have the receipt from the Swiss bank. Whoever has the receipt for the half a million is the mastermind.â
Agnes was surprised by this unexpected windfall.
Things just got a whole lot simpler.
For the past four years, Agnes had been suspecting that Laura was also involved in the past incident, or at least pulled some strings behind the scenes.
Now, if she could just figure out whether the deposit receipt was with Laura or Alyssa, everything would be crystal clear.