Chapter 6 - What He Had Actually Stolen
Victor was detained for questioning but not immediately arrested.
Investigators searched his luggage under lawful authority connected to the financial case.
They found cash.
Multiple prepaid phones.
A hardware wallet containing digital assets.
Copies of forged corporate documents.
And a signed letter authorizing Olivia to act for Marsh Advisory Group.
The airport photograph linked her directly to the plan.
Olivia initially claimed she believed Victor’s marriage had already ended and the money belonged to him.
Messages on her phone contradicted her.
She knew Claire controlled the trust.
She had discussed selling the bracelet after leaving the country.
She also asked Victor whether Claire would be “too sedated to stop anything.”
That line brought investigators back to the tea.
Tests on Victor’s cup and the residue in the kitchen identified a prescription sleep medication that had not been prescribed to Claire.
Victor had intended to drug his wife long enough to leave undetected.
Claire avoided it only because she switched the cups.
The supposed stolen assets were also not what Victor believed.
He had emptied operating accounts containing borrowed funds and restricted company money.
He did not legally own most of it.
The primary house belonged to Claire’s premarital trust.
So did the controlling company shares.
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Victor had succeeded mainly in creating a clear record of fraud, attempted theft, and unlawful transfer.
He called Claire useless because he had never understood the structure she built around everything valuable.
