Chapter 162

The prosecutor asked with furrowed brows, “Mr Dupont, didn’t you say that you knew about the fund transactions but that you were coerced to perform those illegal transactions?”

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Dupont faked a smile and answered, “I said that I was coerced, yes. But I didn’t say I had been aware of the transactions.”

“So, what did you think you were coerced to do?”

“I was told to keep quiet about whatever the Duke was thinking of doing. But I didn’t know I’d be paid to be silent.”

“The document I’ve just placed before you shows the list of properties you acquired in the past eighteen years. Tell me, Mr Dupont, do you own them?”

“Yes.”

“How did you purchase them?”

“With money.”

“Money from your salary?”

“Well, that’s what I thought. It wasn’t until you sent the audits to my lawyers did I realize that part of what I spent may well be from the government.”

“And a percentage was transferred to a company, Wu Bi Corporation, why?”

“I don’t know. I’ve never heard of the company. Perhaps it’s the missing Duke’s?”

“Do you have evidence that Greg Claw is the owner?”

“Well, no. It was simply a guess.”

“So, you’re saying that you never knew that you’ve been transferring funds to Wu Bi Corporation, and that you had been spending the government’s money?”

“Yes, I didn’t have a clue.” Dupont acted so well that Lucianne was even thinking of nominating him for an Oscar award. Xandar, on the other hand, wondered how many hours Dupont practised his act in front of the mirror before taking the stand.

The prosecutor’s eyebrows raised in disbelief as she questioned, “You truly believed that your salary was enough to acquire a stamp collection in the millions, and palatial mansions in the billions?”

have a habit of constantly checking on the amount I have left in my bank account, so when I purchase a property and my card isn’t rejected,

was finding it harder to hide her disgust for the witness. She composed herself, and asked, “Mr Dupont, how did you come about being the Deputy Finance

the best, la crème de la crème, you

become the best of the best, Mr

Good education was the primary

‘good

brag, and brag he did. “Well, I was educated in Helm University, and I was the

degree is

First-Class Honors.” Dupont added with

find it odd when a top student in Finance, graduated from the top university of the Kingdom, doesn’t check

find my habits to be most appropriate.

in a

in the

costs five hundred thousand dollars a year. Now, tell me, Mr Dupont, how did you afford it with the modest two hundred and forty

“Savings.”

“What savings?”

It’s a habit that

are you,

and two as of last

that even if you didn’t spend a single cent on living expenses, it still would have been impossible for you

realize

these telephone records and transcripts between you and Helena Tanner regarding the transfer of government funds, what do you have to say about

Whoever it was must have been hiding

traced the call to your

stolen my phone to

confirmed that it was your voice at the

voice-alteration device,

a moment before she continued, “Alright. Then, answer

not familiar

you didn’t know you couldn’t afford the stamp collections and mansions; you didn’t know your daughter’s music school would’ve forced you into bankruptcy; you didn’t know about the calls made between Helena Tanner

I was coerced to keep quiet about

being given

of compensation. And if we

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