American Tax Officer-Chapter 519 - 267: The Sackler Family Panics_2

Logically speaking, a general Inspector’s accident wouldn’t require the tireless rush of David, the city’s Chief, but only when an Inspector who had been ordered by him to investigate met with an accident would the Chief need to rush over to calm people’s nerves.

So, it could be confirmed that this matter was indeed directed by David!

Could it be just as Theresa had said, that David truly intended to investigate their Sackler family?

If that was the case, then this incident could be serious, potentially bringing a catastrophic disaster upon their family.

Firstly, since David had intentions of investigating their family, their family was already in trouble.

What’s more, now that a member of their family had killed an Inspector of David’s, this gave him even more reason to come after their family.

"Call Gregory, have his team come over immediately, Mariano, you go see Hobson, make sure he doesn’t speak out of turn, and the rest of you, check your accounts thoroughly. If there are any problems, clean up your mess..."

Under Arthur’s series of commands, members of the Sackler family swiftly departed.

"Get me the phone!"

Once the phone was brought over by the servant, Arthur immediately dialed a number, "I apologize for disturbing you so late, Mr. Soros, I have some trouble here and might need some help..."

With the severity of the situation, he knew neither David nor the IRS would let it go easily.

And since the Sackler family’s power had significantly weakened after the scandal erupted, they definitely couldn’t stand up to the powerful institution of the IRS.

Therefore, relying on the powerful group of the Jewish People could be the only way to emerge unscathed from this incident.

...

University of Southern California Hospital.

"Chief, the boy’s father has come to see him."

While discussing Inspector Huggins’s next steps, David paused mid-sentence and replied, "Where is he?"

"Follow me."

Following the Inspector’s steps, David entered an isolated hospital room on the fifth floor.

Hobson was shot in the leg, but it wasn’t life-threatening. Having had the bullet removed and the wound bandaged, he was still conscious at this moment.

However, upon seeing David walk in, his hairs stood on end instantly. To confirm that he wasn’t seeing things, he even rubbed his eyes, but when the familiar face remained, a sense of fear enveloped him.

"Direc... Director David..."

He had already learned that the person he killed in error was an Inspector of the IRS, but even so, there was no need for David to be alerted to personally come over immediately, right?

Regardless, with David personally showing up, the seriousness of the matter undoubtedly climbed another level.

The mere thought of David’s ruthless approach of readily sending people to court and handing out thousand-year sentences made Hobson forget his pain, leaving him with nothing but a trembling body.

[Name: Hobson Sackler.]

[Occupation: Unemployed.]

[Income: 1.8 million US Dollars.]

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[Income details: On January 11th, sold a batch of OxyContin to members of the Bangguo Gang in Santa Monica, making a profit of 30 US Dollars. On February 1st, sold a batch of OxyContin to a businessman in Long Beach District, making a profit of 500,000 US Dollars...]

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[Amount of tax due: 712,800 US Dollars.]

Though OxyContin was revealed to contain a significant amount of heroin components, its use as a painkiller was very effective.

Consequently, despite being regulated by the FDA as a prescription drug—limited to patients suffering from cancer or near death—it wasn’t ordered to stop production altogether.

Being part of the Sackler family, skimming some drugs off the family business to sell to gangsters or addicts for some pocket money was considered quite normal.

For David though, it was an opportunity, as it made it easy to grab a handle on the family for the upcoming investigation, sparing him a lot of work.

"Director David, I’m really sorry for what happened..."

As David was lost in thought, a voice in the room turned his gaze. There stood two other men in the hospital room.

After scrutinizing them, David quickly understood their identities: one was Hobson’s father, Mariano, and the other was the lawyer he brought with him.

"Oh, that’s right, Director David, let me introduce myself, my name is Mariano Sackler, this is my son..."

Mariano introduced himself, sighing as he spoke, "As I believe you are aware, our Sackler family, because of the OxyContin issue, has upset some patients over the years, leading to frequent attacks by more extreme patients on our family members. This has caused a strong sense of self-defense in our family, often leading to misunderstandings in an endeavor to protect ourselves. But rest assured, Director David, we will certainly make amends..."

The lawyer Mariano brought was smart.

He knew that killing an Inspector of the IRS was an extremely serious matter, so mounting a defense based on self-defense was the only way to possibly get acquitted.

And these were the exact words he had advised Mariano to say.

David sneered in response, "A misunderstanding of self-defense? My man hadn’t even drawn his weapon, right? How is that self-defense then?"