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it's made you your millions,

but it's been at my client's expense.

They have been forced

to cut hundreds of jobs, Simon.

These are third-generation metal workers,

people with families.

Pensions are being rendered worthless

because of you.

But you'll stop now. Correct?

Which company?

Wrong answer, Simon.

Look, genius...

That's the same spot, Simon.

Why you gonna let me hit you

in the same exact spot?

I only meant

we hold short positions

on dozens of companies.

Sh*t, son.

I suppose

you're spreading false information

about more than one company.

If that's what you're doing, you're just

gonna have to stop shorting them all.

That's ridiculous.

I can't be expected to...

Ooh, I know.

All right, get your chin up, Simon.

No pouting on my watch.

Yeah, you're a man. You just...

You're a man in your own way.

All right.

I'm an avid reader of the Journal.

So, I expect the cooperation

to be reflected there.

Simon?

Are we good?

Yeah?

Attaboy, Simon. Proud of you.

Oh, hello.

Good morning. Oh, sh*t... Hi.

- Hi.

- Um, um...

I'm Dana Cummings.

You're the consultant? Mr. Wolff?

- Chris.

- Hi, Chris, then.

I'm Dana.

Cummings.

Yes. Um...

These are all the files you wanted.

I cross-referenced them

by year, and alphabetically, so...

It must have taken you all night.

It sure did.

Hmm.

Right.

So...

So...

What do you want, Dana Cummings?

Oh, Mr. Blackburn, um...

Sorry, he said I should...

I'm the person

who first noticed the missing...

- What I think was the missing money.

- Yes, I understand. I'll find it.

Yeah. I thought we could... Have lunch...

I brought my own lunch.

No...

I bring my own lunch, too.

I can answer

any questions that you have...

I have no questions.

Yeah, okay. Yeah, you wanna

make your own assessment.

Yes, thank you.

Okay. Um...

I'm in accounting if you need anything.

There's, uh,

some donuts there for you.

I don't eat donuts.

Okay.

Mr. Secretary!

Yes, Helen.

Sir, there's been speculation that your

ability to link banks in South Florida

to money laundering efforts of terrorists

are actually the result of

a whistleblower or the NSA.

Care to comment?

Let me turn this over

to the head of my task force,

Financial Crimes Director, Raymond King.

Folks, there's no great mystery here.

Nothing fancy. Just team effort,

comprised of long hours of

good old-fashioned investigative work.

Questions?

Could you answer

the whistleblower question?

No.

Hey, Sorkis, give me something.

I matched the face in your Antwerp photo

to surveillance video in NYPD database.

Wait, wait, wait. NYPD? What did you find?

2006. Your guy takes out two mob enforcers

with a steak knife he lifted off

an Italian restaurant down the street.

Then he strolls into

a den of stone-cold killers

and goes on a seven-man killing spree,

using their own weapons.

Headshot, headshot, headshot.

Sorkis, stop.

A den of stone-cold killers? Where is this?

The Ravenite. Headquarters

of the Gambino crime family.

He killed Anthony "Little Tony" Bazzano.

Forensics lists cause of death

as blunt force trauma.

Your boy kicked him in the head once.

Again. Play it again.

Hey, hey, hey!

What the f***?

Wait! I gotta call it in!

I've also got an audio file here.

Inside of the Ravenite was bugged.

Come on.

Please.

That's Little Tony.

I'm f***ing begging you.

I didn't touch him.

I didn't touch that old man!

Okay, get me that recording ASAP.

I wasn't even...

M.B.,

you're an analyst for Treasury.

What the hell have you got yourself into?

What do you have to hit

to dent a steel thermos?

It's just old.

How did you, um,

get into financial consulting?

Department of Labor statistics indicate

it's one of

the fastest-growing professions.

Actuarial sciences are experiencing

tremendous growth as well.

Okay.

I like the balance of it.

You know, I like finding things

that aren't obvious.

Plus, my dad was an accountant.

He actually...

You know, he had the whole shtick.

The, uh...

You know, the little amortization book,

and the green eyeshade,

and the, like,

dorky pocket protector and...

I have a pocket protector.

That's a nice one.

I mean, his was dorky, that's...

Yours is nice.

Um, but he convinced me

to go into the field.

Because I wanted to study art

at the Art Institute of Chicago,

but art doesn't pay the mortgage.

"Art doesn't pay the mortgage,

young lady."

Dad's tastes ran more to

Dogs Playing Poker.

I like Dogs Playing Poker.

Because dogs would never bet on things,

and so, it's incongruous.

I like incongruity.

Yeah, Dogs Playing Poker is nice.

It's just sort of a...

Just different.

So, I studied accounting

at the University of Chicago,

where fun goes to die.

Why?

Why what?

Why does fun go to die

at the University of Chicago?

Oh, no, it's just an expression.

I'm joking.

Right.

- Um, I'll leave you to it.

- Okay.

Let me know if you need anything

while you're here.

Have a nice day.

Yes. You, too.

Explain the 376, 109...

6,500,000... 6,008,000...

Accounts receivable,

earnings before interest...

Tax, depreciation,

administrative expenses...

100, 644,000...

Hydraulic sync systems,

aluminum bar supplies,

techmod fitting, stable joints...

Please.

I'm f***ing begging you.

I didn't touch him.

I didn't touch that old man!

I wasn't even...

Okay.

Give me something.

Please.

...f***ing begging you.

I didn't touch him.

I didn't touch that old man!

I wasn't even...

Come on, come on, come on.

...begging you.

I didn't touch him.

I didn't touch that old man!

Born on a Monday

Christened on Tuesday

Married on Wednesday

Solomon Grundy

Born on Monday

Christened on Tuesday

Married on Wednesday

Solomon Grundy

Come in! Come in, come in, come in.

You have to see this. Look at this.

It's gonna blow you away.

I mean, it'll just jump right out at you.

There it is.

Uh-huh.

Living Robotics, 10 years ago.

Earnings before interest,

tax, depreciation.

$14,495,719.

Nine years ago,

earnings before tax and depreciation...

Revenues go up, profits go down.

Down? No large capital expenditures

dragging profits down.

No spike in raw materials or labor costs.

Year eight,

profits and revenue both go up,

but not in a commensurate fashion.

X no longer equals Y.

Six, five, four, three.

You're making money.

But there's a leak.

And the leak is...

Leak, where's the leak? Here.

Slewitt Manufacturing.

I've signed these checks.

- Who authorized it?

- Ed.

Mr. Chilton. They make electronic

assemblies for the consumer division.

No, they don't. Look at this.

You notice anything?

- Second number in each is a three.

- Yes.

Most people,

when generating random numbers

tend to rely subconsciously

- on certain patterns.

- Patterns, yeah.

Yes.

- I was right!

- You were right.

Yeah.

I went through these ledgers for months,

and I got through one fiscal year.

You went through 15 overnight?

That's not even the best part, look.

The best part is, they're routing money

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