CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX – ILLEGITIMATE DOCUMENTATION

She thrust a sheaf of papers into Kayla's hands - documents that appeared to be invoices and contract addendums related to the event. "I...I don't understand," Kayla stammered, quickly scanning the contents with mounting alarm. "Where did you get these?" "They were just delivered to our offices by courier a few minutes ago," the assistant explained. "No return address or anything, just instructions that they were time-sensitive and needed to reach your eyes immediately." The bottom seemed to drop out of Kayla's stomach as she digested the information contained in the paperwork. Entire blocks of text detailing outrageously excessive invoices from third-party vendors...with seemingly innocuous amendments authorizing the inflated billing buried in subsections of legalese. Illegally padding costs as kickbacks...awarding preferential contracts in exchange for kickbacks...all of it funneled through a dizzying array of shell companies and offshore accounts. In short, an elaborately const