That was the moment both men stopped pretending this was a misunderstanding.
Grant stared at her.Criminal Law
“How do you know about Northstar?”
Victoria said nothing.
Miller looked at Grant.
Grant looked back.
Their silence told her everything.
The accountant never arrived at the meeting.Vehicle & Traffic Safety
His name was Peter Walsh.
He had worked for Northstar Highway Services for eleven years.
Three days earlier, he had contacted Victoria through an encrypted government channel.
He claimed he possessed original invoices proving that millions of dollars in public funds had been diverted.
He also said he was afraid.
“I thought it was just inflated billing,” Peter had written.Law Enforcement
“Then I found payments to people who were supposed to investigate the company.”
Victoria had asked him to preserve every document.
Peter agreed.
Then, two hours before their scheduled meeting, he stopped responding.
His phone went directly to voicemail.
