American Tax Officer - Chapter 95
Chapter 95: Chapter 89: Two Chief Tax Officers Taking Bribes
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The office is this way.
David, who was processing documents, heard a knock and said, “Come in!”
The next second, two Chief Tax Officers from the bureau, Hector and Colton, walked in.
“Director David, what happened last night? I waited all night for your call, and in the end, there was no peep!”
“I felt the same way. Ever since I got your call, I was anxious and couldn’t sleep, fearing you might need support!”
The two Chief Tax Officers that David had notified last night were none other than these two men.
It was quite normal for the various teams within the bureau to help each other out, and they didn’t mind too much.
But they had just gotten word.
Last night’s operation led by David had resulted in several million US dollars of tax revenue earned.
That was several million US dollars!
And, what was most distressing to them was that with a wave of David’s hand, each group under his command had been allocated one hundred thousand US dollars.
And they had not gotten a single hair of it, which was somewhat unsettling.
David paused and replied, “Last night’s operation went smoothly, so I didn’t disturb you two. Here’s what, Hector, Hutton, I’ll have Mary allocate twenty thousand to your teams later as compensation for last night!”
He knew they had come to cash in after seeing him rake in so much tax revenue.
Although they hadn’t been of much help, there was no helping it. After all, for safety’s sake, David had made a call to inform them last night.
Requesting a bit of compensation was also understandable.
Upon hearing the number twenty thousand, both of them were pleased.
They knew David had brought in several million dollars, and that each team under him had received a hefty hundred thousand.
But indeed, they had not been of much help.
The fact that they were given twenty thousand in tax revenue was quite generous of him.
Hector, holding back his eagerness, feigned reluctance, “How can we accept this, Director David? We haven’t really helped!”
“Yes, Director David, we really didn’t help much…”
David saw their feigned reluctance but said nothing about it and replied, “Not helping is one thing, but I did call for your support, and that’s another. Let’s leave it at that!”
“Well… Alright, Director David. If there’s any operation in the future that needs our team’s help, just give us a call anytime!”
They were secretly delighted but maintained a façade of reluctance on the surface.
To be honest, they actually hoped that David would call on them at any time.
Even just speaking of the twenty thousand dollars, it might be enough to keep one of their small teams with four inspection groups busy for a few days.
If last night David had indeed called them for support, not to say they would receive a hundred thousand per group like his own team, but sharing a hundred thousand in tax revenue among their team wouldn’t be a problem, right?
“Certainly…”
Not long after the two left, a staff member from downstairs walked in with a stack of thick file bags and said, “Director David, this is for you!”
“All right, thank you!”
David took one of the file bags, pulled out the documents, and began reviewing them.
About half an hour later, he stopped checking them and appeared thoughtful.
This was information sent from the CIA about criminals in the Lake District.
It included smugglers, fraudsters, arms traffickers, among various cases.
Many of these cases overlapped with those of their own bureau’s intelligence department, but the information was much more detailed.
It must be said that the CIA really has a knack for intelligence gathering, living up to their reputation as the world’s leading intelligence organization.
After some thought, David stood up and went to the Inspector’s Office on the third floor. To Bucky and Nisen, who were busy at work, he said, “Both of you, come with me!”
He had Baldwin relay a message to Dieter last night, telling him to meet today.
But since it was still early, and considering that one of the cases provided by the CIA looked relatively easy to handle,
he would be waiting anyway. So, he decided to earn some ‘extra cash’ based on the information in the document first!
And now was a time of crisis.
He had already touched the interests of both Dieter and the Mexico Gang, so to avoid potential ambushes and out of caution, it was natural to bring Nisen and Bucky along as bodyguards.
The two singled out didn’t waste words, pinned on their tax badges, holstered their assigned guns, and followed David out of the sub-bureau’s main door and into Nisen’s Volvo.
“Where to?”
“Xis Building!”
Xis Building, located at the intersection of Lake District and Main Street District, stood forty stories tall, mainly housing various small internet companies.
According to the information provided by the CIA,
the thirty-fifth floor housed an internet company named ‘Changwan.’
This company ostensibly dealt with game development and planning, but in reality, its biggest business was creating game cheats!
Yes, cheats for games.
In America, using game cheats is not considered illegal.
But manufacturing and profiting from game cheats is a criminal act!
And the reason David said this case seemed easier to handle,
was mainly that these people were not ruthless like robbers or the likes of Dieter and the Mexico Gang.
Besides, with a company here, if they dared say no, just seizing and freezing all of their company’s overt assets would suffice!
To describe it in four words: ‘easily manipulated.’
Reaching the thirty-fifth floor and entering Changwan Internet Company, the first thing that caught the eye was the spacious and bright lobby.
The walls were adorned with various gaming posters and award certificates, showcasing the company’s glorious gaming achievements.
Dozens of programmers were busy, constantly tapping away at incomprehensible code.
[Name: Tobias Joe.]
[Occupation: Programmer.]
[Monthly Income: Legal $4,000, Illicit Income $23,000.]
[Income Details: Bonuses and commissions obtained through developing game cheats…]
[More Details: …]
[Tax Due: $2,300.]
…
[Name: Faraday Gerald.]
[Occupation: Programmer.]
[Monthly Income: Legal $4,000, Illicit Income $22,000.]
[Income Details: Bonuses and commissions obtained through developing game cheats…]
[More Details: …]
[Tax Due: $2,200.]
…
[…]
David used the Golden Finger feature to conduct a careful review of these programmers, and discovered that at least half of the several dozen present were involved in cheat development.
And the income from their illegal activities was at least $20,000.
This showed that the CIA’s intelligence was fairly accurate.
At that moment, a man wearing a suit who had been instructing a few programmers finally noticed David and the other two outsiders who had come in.
He approached them with a hint of caution and asked, “Gentlemen, this is Changwan Internet Company, how can I assist you?”
[Name: Gresham Benson.]
[Occupation: Manager of Changwan Internet Company.]
[Monthly Income: Legal $7,000, Illicit Income $36,000.]
[Income Details: Bonuses and commissions obtained through developing game cheats…]
[More Details: …]
[Tax Due: $3,600.]
After reading the man’s information without any change of expression, David showed his tax badge and said, “I’m from the National Tax Bureau, and I’d like to see your management team!”
Upon hearing that it was the National Tax Bureau, Gresham’s expression changed slightly, then he replied, “Our company is registered with the National Tax Bureau, and we pay our taxes in full every month, there are no issues…”
“I said, I want to see your management team!”
Seeing David’s uncompromising manner, Gresham’s face darkened, but in the end, he didn’t dare to say anything and turned to make a report.
At this time, Nisen, who was unaware of the situation, asked, “Director, is there a problem here?”
That was also what Bucky wanted to know.
This was an internet company, and everything about the employees seemed very normal; it didn’t look like a base for criminals!
“Of course there’s a problem, and you’ll understand soon!”
David didn’t explain further, and both men suppressed their curiosity.
About ten minutes later, Gresham came back and said, “Gentlemen, please follow me!”
Following his lead, David and the others passed through the main hall and came to the door of a meeting room at the back, pushing the door open to enter.
They saw that four people, two men and two women, had already gathered there.
[Name: Sacklee Nicholas.]
[Occupation: General Manager of Changwan Company.]
[Monthly Income: Legal $60,000, Illegal Income $540,000.]
[Income Details: Profits obtained through developing game cheats…]
[More Details…]
[Tax Due: $212,400.]
…
[…]
In the blink of an eye, David had finished reviewing the general information of these four individuals.
Besides the general manager who had to pay over $210,000 in taxes, the other three executives together had to pay over $500,000 in taxes. Adding the middle management and employees, they wouldn’t dodge paying at least $1 million!
This was thanks to the information provided by the CIA.
Otherwise, who knows when their intelligence department would have discovered this big fish.
“This is Mr. Sacklee, our General Manager, this is Mr. Gana Qiao, our Deputy General Manager, this is our…”
Gresham began to introduce them one by one.
“I am Director David from the National Tax Bureau Lakeside District Sub-Bureau Branch.”
“Nice to meet you, Director David!”
Each of them stood up and shook hands with David in turn.
Then, Sacklee took out a form and pushed it towards David, pointing and saying, “Director David, this is the tax statement for our company for this quarter, we’ve paid every cent to the National Tax Bureau!”
David reached out and took the form, glanced at it, then crumpled it into a ball and finally tossed it into the trash can.
Seeing this, the faces of Sacklee and the others darkened.
