Chapter 6 - The Digital Siege
The operation took place precisely at midnight.
In the high-security basement server room of the Moretti mansion, Naomi sat in front of a bank of triple monitors alongside Moretti’s chief tech specialist, a jittery genius named Leo who usually only spoke in code.
"Firewall bypass initiated," Leo whispered, his fingers flying across the mechanical keyboard. "Routing the data packets through twelve proxy servers in Zurich and Singapore. The feds won't be able to trace the origin back further than a public Wi-Fi router in downtown Reykjavik."
Naomi watched the data progress bars tick upward. 25%... 50%... 85%... 100%.
"Transmission complete," Leo exhaled, slumping back in his chair. "The entire portfolio of Bellini's shell companies has just been dropped into the SEC and FBI financial crimes division's priority inbox, complete with notarized bank statements and encrypted transaction logs."
Behind them, leaning against the cold concrete pillar with his arms crossed over his chest, Luca watched the screen go dark. He pulled out his phone, dialed a burner number, and spoke two words:
"Execute phase two."
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Across the city, synchronized federal raids hit four different luxury properties and three commercial warehouses owned by Marco Bellini before the syndicate bosses even realized their accounts had been frozen. By dawn, the local news networks were broadcasting live footage of federal agents hauling away boxes of evidence, corporate ledgers, and luxury vehicles from Bellini’s primary stronghold.
The empire of the city's second-largest crime family collapsed in less than six hours—not through a bloody turf war in the alleys, but through a surgical, bloodless financial execution orchestrated by a former maid.
