Chapter 484 Team Leader Elmer’s promotion, a big gain from a previous case

 Special investigation team office area and conference room.

At the end of the long conference table in the center of the room, near the door, were several thick folders.

 Sitting on the chair next to the conference table, Michelle sat face to face with a female agent from the IRS, carefully reading the documents on the table to see if there were any irregularities or problems in them.

 At the other end of the conference table, Luo An sat with a middle-aged white man and chatted over coffee, with smiles on their faces.

The person who came was none other than Luo An’s acquaintance, Team Leader Elmer of IRS-CI (Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Section).

However, the word team leader was a title in 2005. Entering 2006, team leader Elmer successfully took a step up and has now been officially promoted to one of the supervisors.

In a place like the IRS, which values ​​money but not people, being able to defeat others and get promoted is inseparable from the support of political performance with real money.

  Supporting Elmer's successful political achievements are naturally the [Chief Financial Officer Kidnapping Case], [Villa Girl Missing Case] ​​and [Judge Hotel Sports Murder Case] ​​that Luo An asked him to handle last year.

The number of cases was not large, but there was a lot of real money in it, which allowed Team Leader Elmer at the time to obtain a large amount of tax revenue.

At the end of the year, when colleagues were comparing and reviewing their work, Team Leader Elmer punched and kicked his opponent, who refused to obey and took the position of supervisor.

 After successfully taking the position, how could Director Elmer forget Roann Greenwood, the head of the FBI Special Investigation Team who had helped him a lot? He immediately wanted to contact Roan to express his gratitude.

However, Luo An was busy handling other cases at the time and had no time, so Director Elmer did not come to disturb him, but pushed the time to now when Luo An is not busy.

　　From the moment he entered the office area of ​​the Special Investigation Team and saw Luo An, the smile on Director Elmer’s face never stopped, and the look he looked at Luo An was full of kindness.

The female IRS agent watching this scene once wondered whether Roan and Director Elmer were related, because when Director Elmer was at the IRS, he was always known as a serious and severe person. The look on his face There are only a handful of smiles.

 “That’s very kind of you.”

 Taking the high-end tea gift from supervisor Elmer, Luo An's face was filled with a smile.

The fact that the other party was promoted to supervisor was indeed a bit unexpected by Luo An, but after thinking about it, Luo An also realized that this was a good thing.

Needless to say, the reputation of the IRS in the federal government. In the federal movies every year, various people hack the FBI, CIA, and other government departments, but they dare not hack the IRS. This incident fully illustrates the image of the IRS in the hearts of federal people, and its Big boss status in the federation.

IRS-CI (Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division) is the boss of the boss of the IRS department. Now Elmer has become one of the directors of this department. As the leader of the FBI investigation team, Luo An worked with him The benefits of maintaining a good relationship definitely far outweigh the disadvantages.

For example, when investigating certain cases in the future and encountering hard problems that are difficult to solve, as long as the situation and method are suitable, Luo An calls Director Elmer, and the other party will never hesitate to help him solve minor difficulties.

 The connections in IRS-CI are not something that ordinary people can have.

 In other words, most managers in federal law enforcement agencies do not have such connections.

Elmer and Luo An chatted in a very harmonious atmosphere. After a brief exchange of greetings, Director Elmer took out a childlike invitation from his pocket and said with a smile:

“By the way, the day after tomorrow, that is Sunday night, I held a coming-of-age party for my eldest daughter. This is an invitation made by my younger daughter.”

 The coming-of-age ceremony is a unique ideological activity in the country of the Federation.

 For an ordinary federal family, adulthood means being independent, working part-time, paying rent and food expenses to the family, and even having children who move out directly.

 In wealthy families of the middle class and above, the coming-of-age ceremony is more of a social status, which means that from that day on, the child becomes an adult and needs to formally assume family responsibilities.

 Being invited by parents to attend their children's coming-of-age dinner means that the relationship between the guests and the parents is very close and they are very good friends.

Although Elmer was promoted to supervisor, he did not have a condescending attitude toward Luo An and still planned to treat Luo An as a friend.

Like Luo An, Elmer also wanted to have a good relationship with Luo An.

 On the one hand, Luo An may not be able to bring him a large tax case in the future, allowing him to take another step forward.

On the other hand, Luo An has excellent crime-solving skills and has support behind him. Moreover, he is so young and has a bright future. He will most likely go higher and further than himself in the future. Even if Elmer does not think about himself, he must do it for his next generation. Do consider. “What a lucky girl.”

Luo An accepted the invitation with a smile, and then chatted about the other party's two children.

Director Elmer and his wife have two children together. The eldest daughter will grow up this year and has a more stable personality. The second daughter will go to middle school next year and has a quirky and naughty personality.

“Don’t worry, I will definitely be there that night.”

Luo An happened to have nothing to do that night on Sunday, and then he said that he would never be absent that night, and then laughed:

“I hope your daughter will like the gift I gave you that night.”

Giving gifts is also a tradition in the Federation. Generally, the other party opens them on the spot to express gratitude. If a child from an ordinary family doesn't like it, they will take it out and return it, and the person who gave the gift will not be angry.

“Team leader Luo An is so young and handsome. My daughter will definitely like the gift he gave me.”

Director Elmer laughed, and the two chatted briefly about other topics. After a few minutes, Michelle walked up to them and nodded, indicating that there was nothing wrong with those documents.

 “OK.”

Roan’s smile became even brighter when he heard this, and he stretched out his hand to shake hands with Director Elmer:

 “Thank you for your hard work this time.”

 “It’s nothing hard.”

Director Elmer stood up, his eyes narrowed, and the word sincerity was written in his smile:

 “Happy to work with!”

 “Of course, happy to work with you!”

The two shook their hands heavily, smiled at each other, and chatted for a few words. Director Elmer took the lead and left.

 After Luo An and Michelle sent the people away and turned back to the special investigation team office area, Mona, Chenille and others all gathered together. Lacey asked curiously:

 “Roan, what is Team Leader Elmer here for?”

“Team leader Elmer has been promoted. Remember to call me supervisor Elmer next time we meet.”

Luo An took out the folder from the conference room, patted Lacey's head gently, and then said with a smile:

“He came to the Special Investigation Team today, so naturally he gave us a gift!”

Lacie covered her head in confusion, and Mona, Chenelle and Winslow also looked suspicious.

The gift Luo An mentioned refers to the previous case of [The Judge Hotel Sports Sniper Case] ​​(Chapter 398). After it was detected, the suspect Trevion Sheffield’s companies, properties, illegal gains, etc. were Distribution of harvest after sale.

 According to normal circumstances, the time required to sell off those criminal properties is at least one year, maybe two or three years.

But as Elmer was successfully promoted to supervisor, in the spirit of reciprocating kindness, Elmer immediately took the IRS agents and worked overtime to sell off the criminal property and allocate his share to the Special Investigation Team. .

 Director Elmer came to the Special Investigation Team today just to give money.

According to the previous agreement, the mastermind behind the case, after the sale of Treveon-Sheffield's criminal assets, the Special Investigation Team's share is 44%, Director Elmer's share is 31%, and the Department of Justice's Chief Cecilia Investigation Team's share is 25%. According to the distribution requirements, the Special Investigation Team received a total of US$4.84 million.

In addition, when the IRS seized and processed Treveon-Sheffield's criminal assets, the combined value of which was greater than $11 million, IRS-CI accounted for 60% and the Special Investigations Unit accounted for 40%.

This 40% portion totaled about US$900,000. Adding in the previous US$4.84 million, the special investigation team’s harvest in that case totaled US$5.74 million!

 (End of this chapter)