Legendary FBI Detective
Chapter 397: Discussing the Capture Plan in the Conference Room

Special Investigation Team, conference room.

In the center of the whiteboard, there was a photo pinned up, depicting a middle-aged white man wearing a black suit, his face bearing the federal standard forced smile that revealed eight teeth.

"This is the guy we're going to put behind bars in this case."

Luo An pointed to the guy in the photo and introduced to the agents in the conference room:

"Trevian Sheffield, 39 years old, has a wife, Lonnie Sheffield, and a son studying abroad, outside the Federation.

The internal database of the FBI indicates that Trevian Sheffield is a sterling example of someone who has made his way up from the underworld.

He started by leading a few people in robbing multiple banks, amassing his initial fortune, and then moved on to drug trafficking and smuggling. Instead of fighting over territory like the typical gangs, he continuously expanded his legitimate businesses, setting up shell companies with the illicit funds, which he used to launder money and turn a profit."

After Luo An concluded the brief introduction, he turned his gaze to Cecilia, the Team Leader from the Department of Justice. Seeing Luo An's look, she got up without any hesitation, walked to the whiteboard, took the pen handed to her by Luo An, and continued the introduction:

"Trevian Sheffield is someone who likes to make fast money.

When faced with industry competition between companies, he often hires assassins or assigns his own men to take out the CEOs of rival companies.

Initially, when Trevian Sheffield's company expansion lacked funds, he resorted to kidnapping for ransom and robbing banks for money, cleaning it later on and injecting it into his company in batches.

We have noticed Trevian Sheffield quite some time ago and have even planted undercover agents close to him, but he's always been cautious. We've never been able to catch him red-handed..."

Team Leader Cecilia from the Department of Justice discussed authoritatively, holding the documents at hand. After listening for a while, Luo An finally understood the reason they hadn't been able to take down Trevian Sheffield for so long:

Not only did they rigidly adhere to the legal regulations of the Federation, staunchly believed in procedural justice and failed to find critical evidence, but they were also selfish and lacked a spirit of cooperation. They wanted to deal with Trevian Sheffield on their own and have the cake all to themselves.

If it weren't for Luo An leading the Special Investigation Team and first capturing the assassin Sampson who killed Judge Taylor Davis, club owner Heks, and the juror Anette, Cecilia, the Team Leader from the Department of Justice, would definitely not have participated in this meeting.

Even if she participated, Team Leader Cecilia wouldn't have disclosed so much. Worse still, she might have handed over that document with 98% of its content redacted to Luo An and Elmer.

At this thought, Luo An looked at Team Leader Cecilia, her cheekbones prominent, a trace of disdain in his eyes, then shifted his gaze to Elmer Team Leader sitting opposite him.

While listening to Team Leader Cecilia say that Trevian Sheffield has laundered an amount that may exceed 100 million US dollars over the years, Elmer Team Leader's breathing became slightly rapid.

It was less than a month until Christmas, which comes every year in the Federation.

Every Christmas, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation conducts a comparison of the work content in various aspects—promoting the capable and demoting the mediocre.

Elmer Team Leader felt that once this case was solved, he might have an opportunity to advance further.

Subconsciously turning his head, Team Leader Elmer looked at Luo An with eyes full of joy but discovered that Luo An first glanced at Team Leader Cecilia speaking in front of him and then gave him a look. Elmer was slightly taken aback and then conveyed his own look back to Luo An.

The next second, a subtle smile crept onto the corners of the mouths of the two foxes, young and old; they had both understood each other's intentions:

This case was a sizable piece of cake, and the leading authority could not be left in the hands of Team Leader Cecilia from the Department of Justice. They would cooperate first to push her out, and only then would they discuss who should take the lead.

So, when Team Leader Cecilia, standing in front of the whiteboard, stated that they had been investigating Trevian Sheffield for a long time and that her investigation team would primarily be responsible for the subsequent work, Team Leader Elmer immediately stood up with a beaming smile:

"Team Leader Cecilia, regarding how we should deal with the Trevian Sheffield case going forward, may I propose my plan?"

"...OK."

Team Leader Cecilia had no reason to refuse, and she nodded, leaving the whiteboard to return to her seat, while Elmer cleared his throat twice and said:

"We can proceed like this, first, we at IRS-CI (Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation) can bring Trevian Sheffield to our side..."

Elmer's plan was simple, just like when they dealt with Mafia boss Al Capone, they would bring Trevian Sheffield into the IRS's custody for a while, wear him down on tax issues, and sap his ability to deal with anything else, thereby cutting off his contact with the outside world.

After all, by the royal prerogative... Federal law stipulates that IRS-CI has the power to arrest first and provide evidence later.

During this period, other law enforcement agencies would take advantage of the chaos among Trevian Sheffield's subordinates, rapidly find evidence + arrest + interrogate in one go, obtain key evidence from them, and eventually lock Trevian Sheffield up in prison for good.

The plan was a bit outdated, but Elmer didn't care, it wasn't about being new but about being effective; as long as it worked, that was all that mattered.

After listening to Elmer's description, Cecilia, who had been wanting to take charge, immediately shook her head and stood up, saying:

"That won't work, this approach..."

"Sure enough, Elmer Team Leader really can quickly come up with a solution for this case!"

Before Cecilia could finish her sentence, Luo An laughed, clapped, and stood up to interrupt her.

Elmer smiled slightly and quickly drafted a detailed action plan along with Luo An, not giving Cecilia a chance to interject.

"*#%..."

Cecilia, who had worked at the Department of Justice for so many years, wasn't a fool. She quickly realized that Luo An and Elmer had already agreed on the issue of leading the case behind the scenes.

After finalizing the plan with Elmer, Luo An looked at Cecilia with a slight smile and asked:

"I wonder if Cecilia has any suggestions on this action plan?"

Considering that the plan developed by Luo An and Elmer had a higher chance of success and was faster than her own previously devised plan, Cecilia took a deep breath to suppress her anger, looked at the other agents in the meeting room, and chose to swallow this hidden loss, responding:

"No."

The plan devised by Luo An and Elmer seemed fair:

The IRS incarcerates Trevian Sheffield, cutting off his contact with the outside world in the short term, and investigates Trevian Sheffield's tax issues.

The Special Investigation Team seals off Trevian Sheffield's company and assets, arrests his subordinates, and prevents anyone from leaving the Federation or transferring funds.

Cecilia's investigation team at the Department of Justice holds a pile of evidence and is responsible for interrogating Trevian Sheffield's subordinates. With the Special Investigation Team assisting, they quickly find the crucial evidence needed to imprison Trevian Sheffield.

Of course, as mentioned before, the action plan "seems" fair.

Because there is one most important matter not mentioned in the plan; it's how the spoils are to be divided after the case concludes.

Most of the companies and funds in Trevian Sheffield's hands are ill-gotten, and after the fact, federal law enforcement has the right to seal and forfeit them.

Federal law enforcement has no need to run them and will sell them to willing buyers.

Afterwards, a vast majority of this money would be taken by the Federation Government, but the law enforcement team handling this case would also get a small portion.

But how this small portion should be divided...

Luo An and Elmer exchanged glances, both showing a faint smile, then turned their heads together to look at Cecilia.

Cecilia from the Department of Justice: "..."

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