Legendary FBI Detective-Chapter 97: The Truth from the Bandit’s Mouth and New Clues

"Pfft—"

Seeing the expression on Augustus's face instantly freeze, Reesi beside him couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Luo An was different; after all, he had received specialized training and would not...

Laugh out loud.

Standing to one side, Luo An cracked a sunshine-like smile on his face but made no sound.

"You..."

As soon as Augustus turned his gaze towards him, barely had he begun to speak when Luo An immediately wiped the smile off his face and nodded solemnly:

"Got it, Chief, I understand. I'll go interrogate Brandon now."

Watching the upright figure of Luo An, accompanied by Reesi who was covering her mouth, walk towards the interrogation room, Augustus opened his mouth, and in the end, he shook his head and glared at William before harrumphing and walking back to the team leader's office.

William stood there, completely baffled.

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In the interrogation room.

At this moment, Brandon, handcuffed to the chair, looked displeased, continuously rubbing his fingers.

"It looks like you've sobered up."

Sitting in a chair, Luo An nodded satisfactorily, and after seeing Reesi had already prepared her notebook, he cleared his throat and said:

"Brandon, you said earlier that you know the identities of the robbers in the previous cases? You can talk now."

After catching Brandon and Dilanno, not only did Luo An and Reesi find US bills and a pistol on Dilanno, but they also found some US Dollars hidden in a safe and cellphones of the exact same model used by the robbers when they searched Brandon's house.

Plus, for the fifth and sixth robberies, both Brandon and Dilanno were unable to provide alibis; all this evidence was enough for the FBI to convict them.

What's more ridiculous is that the IRS, having somehow learned about this, also jumped in, hoping the FBI could hand these two guys over to them.

The reason is simple: these two didn't pay taxes after robbing banks…

If it hadn't been for Vireness covering for them upfront, Luo An really wouldn't know how weird things would turn out in the end.

"OK."

Brandon took a deep breath and said solemnly:

"Let me first talk about what happened during these two cases."

Nimit, the bank's account manager, had a failed marriage before getting married to Brandon's sister.

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Because of this marriage, Nimit had to pay alimony to his ex-wife and child every month.

This money had always been a headache for Nimit.

After the third robbery, Nimit realized that if he followed the robbers' modus operandi, the success rate of robbing banks was very high.

After deep reflection, Nimit eventually took the video and approached Brandon.

At that time, Brandon was jobless and always short on cash. After watching the video, he hesitated for a few hours before eventually nodding and agreeing.

But Nimit had a big belly, and his outward appearance was quite different from the two robbers, so Brandon thought of his good brother Dilanno, who had just gotten out of prison and was also in dire need of money.

After learning about this, Dilanno agreed even more decisively. He watched the video in the morning and went to buy black clothes, black pants, and other props in the afternoon.

"Hold it, Brandon."

Hearing from Brandon that Nimit was the real mastermind behind the latter two cases, Luo An's eyebrows shot up.

What a good brother-in-law.

But he didn't dwell on this topic, since they would interrogate Nimit later anyway.

The reason Luo An interrupted Brandon was that the latter was getting off track. Luo An tapped his pen on the table and said sternly:

"Right now, I just want to know one thing, and that's who the robbers were in the first four robberies, OK?"

"OK."

Hearing Luo An's words, Brandon cursed silently in his heart, but his face didn't show it, and he continued:

"As you know, the most important thing about robbing a bank is casing the joint."

In Brandon's story, Dilanno was the one responsible for casing the joints.

Going to case the joint in person could lead to the police spotting oneself on surveillance later.

So after some thought, Dilanno decided to approach some Journalists he knew.

Dilanno's plan was to pay these Journalists some money, ask them to go to the banks to deposit money, and at the same time, note down the bank's interior layout and camera positions, etc., and then relay that information to him.

But what Dilanno didn't expect was that after he approached these Journalists, not only did they refuse, but they also told their madam about it: Lady Helen.

"Lady Helen is one of the madams in the area we live, with gang affiliations."

Branno licked his somewhat chapped lips and continued:

"Lady Helen, knowing about this, actually came in person to look for Dilanno that night.

We were greatly startled at the time, even thinking they were prepared to do something to us.

But after a brief conversation, we realized Lady Helen had come to gather information."

Hearing this, Luo An furrowed his brows:

"Gather what information?"

"Of course, it was about the news of the previous four bank robberies."

Branno shrugged his shoulders:

"Lady Helen said that in those four robberies, the robbers also used journalists to scope out the areas.

However, the journalists they used did not belong to Lady Helen's own people, but rather to another Coachman's.

After the fourth bank robbery, all the journalists who took money to stake out the places disappeared overnight.

Even that Coachman completely vanished, and it was only after Lady Helen took in most of his journalists that she learned of this news.

She came to us that night to find out whether we were the robbers behind those four robberies, and at the same time, to warn us not to rob the banks within their gang's territory."

After all, gangs need to save money and pay taxes too.

Luo An's eyes flickered:

"Do you mean that Lady Helen might know who the robbers of the previous four robberies are?"

"That's right."

Branno nodded:

"Lady Helen took in a whole bunch of journalists from that Coachman, and those journalists are very likely to have seen those robbers."

Hearing this, Luo An rubbed his temples, thought for a few seconds with a frown, then raised his head to ask:

"Then how did you figure out the specific structures of those two banks afterward?"

"Of course, it was thanks to Nimit."

Branno leaned back:

"He's the bank's client manager and has a wider network than Dilanno and me.

After we told Nimit about our difficulties, he obtained several design diagrams of the bank lobbies the next day."

"OK."

After briefly questioning a few more things, and confirming that Branno had no other clues, Luo An and Reesi didn't waste words and left the interrogation room directly.

Closing the door of the interrogation room, Reesi looked at the notes in her notebook, a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth, and she tilted her head to ask:

"Luo An, do you believe what Branno said?"

"Except for the information related to Lady Helen, I don't believe the rest at all."

Casting a glance back at the interrogation room, Luo An said with disdain:

"In Branno's words, in both cases, everything he did was arranged by two other people; he was just a tool.

What a joke…"

After listening to Branno, Luo An had only one feeling, and that was that this guy was the real mastermind behind the two robberies.

After all, this fellow's major in college was performance studies.

Hearing Luo An's remark, Reesi's face revealed a smile:

"Exactly, that's what I thought too. Mona has come back; should we interrogate Nimit?"

Luo An nodded, just about to agree, when suddenly, his phone in his pocket rang.

He pressed the answer button, and a familiar female voice came from the other end:

"Luo An, come to my office."

Hearing the voice of Vireness on the phone, Luo An's brows lifted.

Are they done negotiating with the IRS?

"Sorry, Reesi."

After hanging up, Luo An tilted his head towards Reesi and said:

"The superior needs me; leave Nimit to you and Mona to interrogate."

"No problem."

Reesi waved her hand nonchalantly, signaling Luo An to go ahead quickly and indicating that she would pass the message on to Augustus.

With a smile of gratitude, Luo An left the office area of Investigation Team No. 5 and headed straight to Vireness' office.