Chapter 58 of 'Fatal Connections'

What would think of Cobie Smulders as Erica Jensen? :)

CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT

Not only did Alex uncover a rat’s nest of shell companies and so-called nonprofits connected to Embrace the Wild, but her tracks converged with those of various federal agencies. According to her sources, the company was one of the local affiliates in an international operation that potentially violated enough federal laws to get nearly the entire FBI and a few other alphabet agencies involved.

“But that’s not why I stopped looking,” Alex said.

I nodded, feeling glum about what I figured the reason was.

“The feds have struggled to deal with the illicit use of shell companies for ages,” Alex said. “There’s nothing unusual about that. But the more I poked around, the tougher it became to find answers.”