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company with offices in downtown Manhattan. The position wasn’t glamorous, but it provided stability. Clara enjoyed working with numbers, and she took pride in being thorough and honest.
Her supervisors often praised her attention to detail.
That same attention to detail eventually changed everything.
One afternoon, while reviewing financial records,
Clara noticed several transactions that seemed unusual. At first, she assumed there was a simple explanation.
She checked the numbers again.
Then a third time.
The transactions involved vendors she couldn’t verify. Certain payments appeared inconsistent with company records. Small amounts had been moved repeatedly between accounts in ways that seemed