“Look at these column headers.”

“Inflow, Outflow, Recipient, and ‘Internal Settlement.'”

“These ‘Internal Settlements’ are direct transfers to Conrad and Grant,” I noticed.

“But they are coded as charity donations to local arts programs.”

“Exactly,” Naomi said, zooming in on a specific transaction.

“Here is a five-million-dollar donation to the Seattle Youth Symphony.”

“But the very next line shows a five-million-dollar ‘consulting fee’ paid to a company called Blue Water Consulting.”

“Who owns Blue Water Consulting?” I asked.

Naomi opened a separate database on her second monitor.

“It’s a shell company registered in Delaware,” Naomi said.

“And the sole beneficiary of that shell company is Grant Harrow.”

“They are cleaning the money,” I said.

“They write it off as a tax-exempt donation, then kick it back to themselves.”

“It’s a classic tax evasion scheme, but on a massive scale,” Naomi said.

“Over the last five years alone, they’ve funneled forty million dollars through this method.”

“And the IRS has no idea because the charity’s public filings are completely fabricated.”

“This is federal wire fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering,” Naomi said.

“It carries a mandatory minimum prison sentence.”