United states tax collector

At this time, Locke also looked calm, but soon he seemed to remember something, looked around and asked: "Who shot just now?"

"It seems... Hobson."

"Hobson? Where are the others?"

Everyone looked around and realized that the so-called Hobson had not returned here together.

"According to informed sources, the Internal Revenue Service arrested a murderer on the spot. Please pay attention to the next reports from this station for the progress of the case..."

Just when everyone was confused, the sound of announcements from the TV immediately solidified the atmosphere at the scene.

The IRS caught a murderer red-handed?

In other words, their companion, known as Hobson, must have fallen into the hands of the IRS.

"Sorry Locke, things have gotten really big, I think I need to go and avoid the limelight first."

"I'm Locke too, sorry..."

"..."

An IRS inspector was shot and killed. Although they did not fire the gun, they were still on the scene at the time. There is no guarantee that the IRS would not blame them for retaliation.

Therefore, these men and women outside the Sackler family naturally did not dare to stay here anymore and got up and left one after another.

Soon, not only the livid Locke was left on the scene, but after being silent for a while, he finally stood up, came to the fifth floor of the villa, and knocked on a door.

Tens of seconds later, a man in his late fifties opened the door and asked with a straight face: "What's going on Locke?"

Locke lowered his head and said, "Father, something happened..."

About twenty minutes later, many people and vehicles arrived at another villa in the same district, five hundred meters away from this villa.

After these people arrived, they immediately came to the living room and saw Locke and his father already waiting here.

"Theresa, what's so urgent about calling us here this late at night?"

"Yes, Theresa, didn't you say there was an emergency? What exactly was it?"

These are all members of the Sackler family. They were somewhat complaining after being called over urgently so late at night.

"Be patient and wait for Uncle Arthur first."

Locke's father Theresa said solemnly.

About five minutes later, two footsteps were heard upstairs, and a gray-haired old man was seen walking down slowly with the support of a maid.

After he came to the living room and sat down, Theresa finally said: "I'm sorry, Uncle Arthur, it's too urgent to disturb you so late."

"Okay, just say whatever you want."

As the head of the Sackler family, Arthur has seen countless big scenes over the years. Even now, when he heard that the situation was urgent, his old face did not waver at all.

"Just now, there was a shooting at the Metropolitan Bar..."

At first, everyone at the scene was a little confused, and even wanted to curse.

After all, not to mention the entire United States, there are countless shootings happening every day in Los Angeles alone. What is there that they should urgently discuss now?

But when they later heard that the shooter was a young member of the Sackler family, and that the deceased was an IRS inspector, many people began to become unable to sit still.

One of the bald middle-aged men confirmed in disbelief: "Theresa, you said that my son killed an IRS inspector? Is it true or false?"

Theresa looked at her son, and Locke said tremblingly: "Yes, Uncle Mariano, it was indeed Hobson who fired the gun, and he was caught on the spot by the IRS." ."

"What are you talking about? How could he be caught? What's going on with you people!"

The bald middle-aged man suddenly lost control of his emotions. If his son had not been caught, then with their Sackler family network, they could still try to find a scapegoat.

But now everyone has taken the stolen goods, and the matter is still such a big deal. With the IRS's style of retribution, if they don't get rid of them all, they still want to operate?

"This is not the most serious. According to the news from various sources, the reason why the IRS came to Locke and Hobson this time was mainly because of David's order. So I have absolutely reason to think that this David wants to investigate our tax situation, this is the most serious!"

"What, the order from David's executioner?"

"David wants to investigate our taxes?"

"Wardfa, how could this happen..."

Many members of the Thacker family were already very uneasy after hearing that members of their family had killed people from the IRS.

And now that they heard that David, the current number one executioner of the IRS, was involved, everyone was completely unable to sit still. They were panicking, panicking, and chaos.

"Snapped!"

"Be quiet!"

Just when the atmosphere was chaotic, a scolding sounded and everyone stopped. Looking back, Arthur's withered palms were already placed on the table. The scolding just now was also made by him.

"Theresa, are you sure it's related to David?"

Faced with Arthur's question, Theresa didn't waste any time. She took out her phone, opened a photo, put it in front of him, and explained: "The IRS inspector was just sent to the University of Southern California. The hospital rescued him, and this was a photo taken by the media on the scene of David visiting the scene."

Arthur took a closer look and saw that it was indeed the photo of David appearing at the University of Southern California Hospital.

Logically speaking, if an ordinary inspector has an accident, he will not need to alert the city director David to rush over without stopping. Only if an inspector who receives his order to investigate has an accident, will he be needed? A city chief rushed over to reassure people.

Then it can be confirmed that this matter was really instructed by David!

Is it true that, as Theresa said, David really has plans to investigate the Thackle family?

If this is the case, then this matter may be serious, and it may even bring disaster to their family.

First of all, since David has already planned to investigate their family, their family is already in trouble.

What's more, now that the children of their family have killed one of David's inspectors, this family has even more reason to deal with their family.

"Call Gregory and ask his team to come over immediately. Mariano, go see Hobson, stare at him and tell him not to talk nonsense. In addition, you guys, please check your accounts for me. If you have any questions, please wipe your butt for me..."

Following Arthur's instructions, the members of the Thacker family also left quickly.

"Bring me the phone!"

After the servant took the phone over, Arthur dialed a number immediately: "I'm sorry to bother you so late, Mr. Sauras. I have something going on here and I may need some help..."

This time the matter was so serious, he knew that neither David nor the IRS would let it go.

Since the scandal was exposed, the Sackler family's overall strength has been greatly damaged, and it is absolutely impossible to fight against the powerful agency of the IRS.

Therefore, only by relying on the help of the powerful group of Yutai people, can it be possible to escape from this incident.

…

USC Hospital.

"Director, the kid's father came to see him."

David, who was still discussing Higgins's funeral, stopped talking and replied: "Where is he?"

"follow me."

Following the inspector's footsteps, David came to an independent ward on the fifth floor.

Hobson was shot in the leg, and his life was not in danger. After the bullet was taken out and bandaged, he was still conscious.

But when he saw David walking in, the hairs on his body stood up immediately. In order to prove that he was not dazzled, he even rubbed his eyes. But when the familiar face appeared, his heart suddenly Was shrouded in a sense of fear.

"Dai...Director David..."

He already knew that he accidentally killed an IRS inspector, but even so, there was no need to alert David and come over in person right away, right?

But no matter what, now that David has come in person, the seriousness of this matter has undoubtedly reached a new level.

When he thought of David taking people to court at every turn and then imposing a thousand-year sentence on him, Hobson forgot about the pain, leaving only his trembling body.

[Name: Hobson Tackler. 】

[Occupation: Unemployed. 】

[Income: US$1.8 million. 】

[Income details: On January 11, a batch of OxyContin was sold to a member of the Bangkok Gang in Santa Monica, making a profit of $30. On February 1, a batch of OxyContin was sold to a businessman in Long Beach. , a profit of 500,000 US dollars...]

【More details:……】

[Tax payable: US$712,800. 】

Although Oxykind has been revealed to contain a rare large amount of heroin, its effect is very good if used alone to relieve pain.

Therefore, although this drug is controlled by the Food and Drug Administration as a prescription drug and can only be prescribed to patients suffering from cancer or who are about to die, it has not been directly ordered to stop production.

As a member of the Sackler family, it is normal to make some drugs in your family business and sell them to gang members or drug addicts to make some pocket money.

But this was a good thing for David, because it allowed him to easily grasp a handle on the family and save a lot of work for the subsequent investigation.

"Director David, I'm sorry that this happened..."

Just when David was lost in his thoughts, a voice came from his ear, which made him look sideways. He saw two other men standing in the ward.

After some inspection, he quickly understood the identities of the two people. One was Hobson's father Mariano, and the other was a lawyer he brought.

"Oh, by the way, Director David, let me introduce myself. My name is Mariano Thacker, and this is my son..."

Mariano introduced himself, sighed and said: "I believe you also know that our Sackler family has made some patients very dissatisfied over the years because of the drug OxyContin, so some of them are quite extreme. Patients often attack members of our family, which causes our family members to have a strong sense of self-protection and often leads to defensive misunderstandings. But don’t worry, Director David, we will definitely make compensation..."

The lawyer Mariano brought in was smart.

He knew that killing an IRS inspector was an extremely serious matter, so if he wanted to get away with it, he could only use self-defense as a defense.

And this is what he taught Mariano to say.

David sneered and replied: "Misunderstanding of self-defense? My people didn't even show their weapons, right? How can they defend themselves?"

"Mr. Mariano also said just now that because of some reasons about the drug OxyContin, the Sackler family has always had a great sense of crisis. The scene they were in at that time, plus the effects of alcohol, all It is the cause of the current tragedy, so Director David, you can’t put all the blame on us, you should take into account the environmental factors at the time.”

It was Mariano's lawyer who spoke out this time.

And what he said was almost as clear as saying that since David wanted to investigate the Thacker family, he should go directly to the sober-minded people in the family instead of the young people who were dazed by alcohol and drugs.

In short, the point of his words is that it is not the Sackler family that bears the main responsibility, but David himself who misjudged the situation at the time and bears the leadership responsibility!

"Yes, yes, I was indeed confused by alcohol at the time. I thought it was a patient who had taken OxyContin to cause trouble, and then I subconsciously reacted in self-defense. I really didn't expect you, Director David. People from the IRS will come looking for me, and even if you want to come looking for me, you can inform me in advance so that there will be no such misunderstanding."

Hobson also woke up and added.

In fact, he did have a reason to say this. After all, who the hell knew someone from the IRS would come looking for him at night?

And when you look for him, you look for him without giving any advance notice.

If you just let me know, I wouldn't dare to shoot randomly!

"Then according to what you two want, if our IRS wants to inspect your taxes in the future, we have to notify gangsters, drug dealers, or robbers in advance, or hold a press conference to tell them that our IRS is coming to investigate you. , are you 'getting ready'?"

David also looked at these two people with idiot eyes.

"this……"

Hobson was speechless for a moment.

However, the lawyer stood up and retorted: "That's not what I said about Director David. In short, there is something wrong with both sides in this matter. Hobson should not be frightened and shoot impulsively, and you, the IRS, should not be frightened and shoot impulsively." You shouldn’t come to us on that occasion, it’s just a misunderstanding, and since it’s a misunderstanding, let’s just sit down and resolve it peacefully, there’s no need to make a big deal out of it, right?”

"You have a reasonable argument now, but I don't know if you can still be so convincing when it comes to court."

When he heard that he was going to court, the lawyer didn't panic, but Mariano panicked, because he knew that as long as this matter went to court, the IRS would be able to give him several penalties for his urine quality. He was charged with a crime, so he immediately said: "There is no need for this. Let's do this, Director David. In addition to compensating the families of the victims with a pension, we also intend to reach an agreement with your IRS to exchange a penalty for this case." How about immunity from the matter?”

By now, he was certain that the IRS was indeed investigating their family.

So he planned to face the FBI, Food and Drug Administration, and private lawsuits as usual, and in the worst case, he would just endure the pain and spend money to eliminate the disaster!

"A fine? Good luck to you, Mr. Mariano."

David smiled disdainfully, then turned around and left without saying any more nonsense.

Looking at David's leaving figure, Mariano and his son were already half-hearted at this time. David looked like he would not stop until they were beaten to death!

There was no other way, so Mariano could only take out his mobile phone and dial Arthur's number to report this.

…

Returning to the city bureau, David immediately began to organize the information obtained from Marianu and his son.

About an hour later, he called Nissenbakisimons and others in and assigned them specific tasks.

In this way, the city bureau machine began to operate non-stop throughout the night.

On the second day, Keppel, who was taken to the city bureau by David, knocked on the door and came in, and said: "Director, the media are here, you can go down."

David nodded and stood up. This matter had intensified after a night of fermentation and public opinion. He had to hold a press conference to explain the situation and announce to everyone what he was going to do next.

In the lobby on the first floor, a large number of media cameras were ready. When David arrived, the scene suddenly became agitated.

"Good morning, everyone. Regarding the shooting at the Metropolis Bar last night, I will accept questions from the media on behalf of the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service and give you some answers to the case..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the reporters at the scene raised their hands to ask questions, and David pointed at a reporter from KNBS TV station.

Then the reporter immediately asked: "Director David, it is said that the inspector who was shot was killed in the line of duty. Will you be responsible for this, and will you take the blame and resign?"

Listening to the reporter asking such a pointed question, David did not panic, but calmly replied: "Our inspector died in the line of duty, and I am naturally responsible for it. As for whether I will resign?" ...I want to wait until I finish handling this case and then let the public decide whether they support me or not!"

"Director David, what kind of case is this? Why did the attacker exchange fire with your IRS? What is the suspect's name and origin?"

"This is just an ordinary tax audit case. As for the suspect... his name is Hobson Sackler."

The media didn't think anything of it when they heard the first name, but when they heard the last name Sackler, everyone's expressions suddenly froze.

The KMBS TV station media also immediately asked: "Director David, is this attacker named Hobson... a member of the Sackler family?"