Northstar Advisory Partners appeared nine times.
Total transfers: $19.6 million.
Martin clicked into the underlying invoices.
“Consulting.”
Grace read the descriptions.
Market optimization.
Strategic transition services.
Regulatory pathway analysis.
All vague.
All expensive.
“Who approved them?” she asked.
Martin clicked.
“Ethan.”
“Only Ethan?”
Martin frowned.
“No.”
He enlarged the authorization log.
A second credential appeared beneath Ethan’s.
VREED.
Vanessa Reed.
Rebecca exhaled.
“So she knew.”
Grace leaned closer.
“Wait.”
A third field appeared beside several transfers.
It was not an approval.
It was a routing code.
HC-441.
Declan stared at it.
“I’ve seen that format.”
“Where?” Grace asked.
“Harbor Crown.”
Rebecca looked at him.
“You’re sure?”
“My team reviewed one of their funds last year.”
Grace felt a chill.
Declan took out his phone and called someone.
“Send me every subsidiary code associated with Harbor Crown’s special situations group. Now.”
He hung up.
Nobody spoke for thirty seconds.
