The article was published on a Wednesday, and within twenty-four hours, the Halloran empire began to crumble.
The US Attorney's Office announced a formal investigation into Halloran Capital, citing "credible evidence of financial crimes" that spanned more than a decade. The SEC filed its own charges, freezing the family's assets pending a full audit. The state attorney general opened a separate inquiry into campaign finance violations. And the IRS, which had been quietly building a case since my original complaint, filed a criminal referral to the Justice Department.
Edmund Halloran resigned as CEO within hours of the story breaking, issuing a statement that blamed "unauthorized activities by a senior executive" for the scandal. But nobody believed him. The board of directors, scrambling
