Betrayed: (A Financial and Conspiracies Thriller – Book 1 in the Legacy Thriller Series) by William Wield Read Free Book Online Page A

if you will just hear me out…please,’ his tone was suitably conciliatory and, this time, in English.
    ‘Very well, but my time is short,’ Angus could be heard tapping the desk with his pen in irritation.
    ‘Because of his recent visits to both the Crimea and to Eastern Ukraine, your friend Mr Boreyev – and by implication your father-in-law Mikhial Vassilov – have automatically got themselves onto a dissidents list. This you probably know. The President does not like a minority of our citizens openly opposing democratically chosen policies; so they will remain on that list for the foreseeable future. This will effect movements of assets of any kind, and lead to restrictions in travel – very irksome stuff for them as I’m sure you’ll agree – just as your EU sanctions are irksome to me, an innocent bystander in these international games.’
    ‘I’m not sure the West would call them games, Mr Komarov,’ said Angus.
    ‘We’re both men of the world, Mr Macrae,’ replied Komarov, ‘I have it within my power to have your friend Mr Boreyev and also Mikhail taken off the dissidents list in the flick of a finger, setting them free of all restrictions as quickly as computers can be updated. In return, I would be grateful if you could move some of my monies into your bank on the Isle of Men. You could manage that for me, could you not?’
    Angus had but seconds to make a decision. A combination of chess-playing when in Russia and a banker’s need to make rapid assessments, helped him at this moment. ‘How much money are we talking about, Mr Komarov?’ he asked.
    ‘Forty-two million US Dollars,’ replied Komarov ‘and I know you might think it strange that I want to pull monies in from various sources and finish up putting such a huge sum in one place, but our intelligence tells us that the West’s sanctions are about to tighten and so my first priority is to sidestep those sanctions if at all possible.’
    ‘Very well, if that’s what you wish to do. If you will now give me all the details of where your monies are deposited at present, plus passwords and so on I will do that for you. Just one other matter − how will I know if you have taken my two friends off your dissidents list?’
    ‘First I need to speak with the President,’ said Komarov, ‘then I will ring both of them and tell them how they may check for themselves that they’ve been taken off the list. Both of them can then ring and tell you, simple as that.’
    ‘It will take me some time to move your money,’ said Angus, ‘I shall expect calls from Mr Boreyev and my father-in-law no later than one p.m. GMT today. You realise also, don’t you, though your money will be banked here safely by around one p.m. you will not be able to access it until after the Easter bank holiday weekend. But I will send you an email giving you a way you can check the balance online.’
    ‘That’s fine, Mr Macrae. I have no need of the money right now, I just need it to be beyond the reach of the sanctions right away and accessible in the not too distant the future.’
    ‘Good, so if you can now give me all the details I need I’ll get going with my end of the deal right away and I’ll expect their calls to me in due course.’
    It took a few minutes for Komarov to tell Angus the various places where he kept his money, and the bank details involved.
     
    It was less than forty minutes later that Angus had a call from Boreyev.
    ‘I don’t know what you and Igor Komarov have been up to,’ said Boreyev, ‘but after a few strange telephone calls it would appear that neither Mikhail nor I are any longer persons of interest to the FSB. Mikhail says hello to you but won’t ring as he’s just seeing Tatiana, Jerry and Anastasia off to Glasgow. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow.’
    ‘Likewise,’ said Angus. He then jotted a note on his pad; it read ‘ Ring Mikhail and get more info on Igor Komarov.’

 
     
    Chapter 5
     
     
    Thursday, late