The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King novel Chapter 162

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?”

“Well, I don’t 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, I assume that I have the necessary funds to purchase the property in question.” 1

The prosecutor 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 Minister?”

“Fortunately, I was the best of the best, la crème de la crème, you know.” Dupont said with pride.

“How does one become the best of the best, Mr Dupont?”

“Oh, there’re very stringent requirements. Good education was the primary consideration, of course.”

“And what was your ‘good education’ that got you appointed?”

Dupont glowed like he was just given a chance to brag, and brag he did. “Well, I was educated in Helm University, and I was the top three students in my year.”

“Your degree is in Finance, correct?”

“With First-Class Honors.” Dupont added with a monkey grin.

“Don’t you find it odd when a top student in Finance, graduated from the top university of the Kingdom, doesn’t check his own finances?”

“No. On the contrary, I find my habits to be most appropriate. With experience comes less worry.”

“You have a daughter in a music school, is that correct?”

“Yes, the best one in the Kingdom.” He glowed even more radiantly.

There was a glint in the prosecutor’s eye when she said, “And, unsurprisingly, the most expensive. Her tuition itself costs five hundred thousand dollars a year. Now, tell me, Mr Dupont, how did you afford it with the modest two hundred and forty thousand dollars you eam annually?”

“Savings.”

“What savings?”

“I’ve started saving since I was a boy. It’s a habit that my parents saw fit to instill in me.”

“How old are you, Mr Dupont?”