I walked into Anna’s office with my mind set on self-defense strategies, just in case she tried anything.
“Yes ma, you called for me,” I said.
“Any progress?” she asked.
Should I lie?I just stared at her blankly.
She leaned back slightly.
“You look like someone who doesn’t have a clue what’s going on… but don’t worry, I’ve been digging.”
My chest tightened.
“Well,” she continued, “this is now a matter of suing someone in the company who has been using our name for money laundering. And I know who it is.”
Wait… what?
Is this the part where they pick an innocent person as a scapegoat?
And why is she looking at me like that?
Omo, I am not Jesus ooo… I’ll fight for my right. I’ll even call Yiyiloluwa to be my lawyer if needed.
“We just need evidence against Thomas, the Head of Finance,” she said calmly.
“Ma… Thomas?”
I blinked. “How do you know?”
“After the blog post, I contacted a journalist friend. From his findings, Thomas’s friend had been bragging about Thomas spending millions in clubs. Out of jealousy, he revealed that Thomas went as far as registering our company’s name for his own shady dealings.”
She paused.
“That’s how we knew.”
Ehn ehn… Brother Thomas na criminal ooo. But not a smart one.
If it were me, nobody would even know I had money. I’ll just be investing quietly and minding my business.
“So how did it get to the blogger?” I asked.
Anna leaned forward slightly.
“Thomas didn’t just steal money… he stole identity.”
She slid a file across the table.
I opened it.
And there it was.
The shocker.
The company was registered under a slightly altered name:
 ZUREH GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD
Our company: ZUREH COMPANY LTD
Just one word difference.
Enough to confuse systems.
Enough to hide transactions.
Enough to build a whole fake empire.
My stomach dropped.
And then Anna added quietly:
“And it’s registered under a different CAC number… with a different address entirely.”
I looked closer at the document.
The registration address wasn’t even ours.
It was an old serviced office in another state — completely disconnected from everything we knew.
Wait…
So this wasn’t just theft.
This was a parallel company built inside our shadow.
My head started spinning.
“So how did it get to the blogger?” I asked again.
Anna exhaled.
“Thomas stole his friend’s babe. For revenge, the friend paid a blogger and leaked the documents.”
I blinked.
So na babe cause this whole corporate disaster?
See life.
“I just need solid proof, financial statements that connect the transactions,” she said.
My chest tightened.
“Ma… I have it. That’s what I was reviewing before you called me.”
I handed it over.
We both leaned in.
Silence.
And then we saw it.
The missing link.
The transactions weren’t just fake…
they were flowing into ZUREH GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
And that’s when it hit me…
This wasn’t just fraud.
This was a double-company operation.