The financial world exploded with a noise Henry Anderson hadn't heard in two decades: the sound of his own power failing.
It began at 9:00 AM, precisely when the market opened. The front page of Ben Carter’s online investigative journal, The Fiduciary Watchdog, screamed the headline: 'THE AEGEAN GATEWAY: SANCTIONED MILLIONS AND A SENATOR'S SILENT PAYDAY.'
The article was a meticulously documented demolition of the $120 million luxury resort in a sanctioned territory, detailing the direct funding flow from three obscure shell companies straight into the construction, and tracing a $15 million, non-recourse loan to Senator Charles Fielder’s blind trust. The term “Lighthouse” was mentioned briefly but ominously, described as the code name for the ultimate source of the laundered capital.
