Chapter 9

Cooper was sitting at his desk, reading reports, and sipping on a coffee when a female detective poked his head into the office.

“Those reports can wait until later. Come on, they want us in the big conference room right now.”

“What’s up?” Cooper asked. He shoved the reports back into a folder, grabbed his coffee, and followed her out of the office.

“I’m not sure, but something big might be going down. All I know is that a couple of RCMP officers from Ottawa arrived this morning, and started talking about a joint operation.”

The moment Cooper entered the room he spotted the RCMP members. A man and a woman dressed in civilian clothes were huddled around a desk with Lieutenant Harris. As soon as everybody arrived, Harris introduced the visitors.

Inspector Janet Shouldice, head of the RCMP fraud division did the explaining while RCMP Detective Ron Baldwin passed out papers to all in attendance. “Our computer expert discovered suspicious bank activities regarding this guy. After a thorough investigation, we came to believe he might be the person responsible for hacking into bank accounts. We hope you will help us garner as much information as possible about him before we arrest him.”