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?”

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, I assume that I have the necessary funds

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

la crème

the best of the

Good education was the primary

what was your ‘good education’ that got you

glowed like he was just given a chance to brag, and brag he did. “Well, I was educated in Helm

degree is

Dupont added with a

in Finance, graduated from the top university of the

habits to be most appropriate. With experience comes less

have a daughter in a

the best one in the

tuition itself costs five hundred thousand dollars a year. Now, tell me, Mr Dupont, how did you afford it with

“Savings.”

“What savings?”

saving since I was a boy. It’s a habit that my parents saw

are you,

two

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

did not realize that,

records and transcripts between you and Helena Tanner regarding the transfer

must have

call to your

must have stolen my phone to

your voice at the end of the call

voice-alteration device,

“Alright. Then, answer me this, Mr Dupont. Why were these calls traced to

not familiar with

didn’t know government funds were channeled into your account; 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

I was coerced to keep quiet about the

being given

do anything without offering any sort of compensation. And if we were to look at the audits you presented, prosecutor,

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