Courtroom 4C – 9:47 AM
The room was tense. Every seat was filled. Reporters scribbled in notepads while cameras clicked silently from the back row. At the center of it all sat Alyssa Monroe, calm and composed, dressed in a pale blue suit, her eyes fixed on the judge.
She was accused of orchestrating a sophisticated embezzlement scheme that drained over $2.3 million from the tech company where she had worked as Chief Financial Officer.
Now, she was on trial.
The prosecutor, David Lang, stepped forward, holding a thick stack of documents. His voice was calm, but confident.
Prosecutor Lang:
“Your Honor, the defendant claims innocence. She says she knew nothing. No involvement. No knowledge. But we will present bank records, security footage, and encrypted emails that say otherwise. The evidence doesn’t lie.”
Alyssa shifted slightly in her chair, unfazed.
Judge Carter:
“Ms. Monroe, how do you plead to the charges of wire fraud, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice?”
Alyssa:
“Not guilty, Your Honor. I did not do what they are accusing me of.”
Whispers rippled through the gallery.
But the prosecution was just getting started.
They called their first witness — a forensic accountant who had traced every transfer, every dummy account, and every fake invoice back to Alyssa’s personal laptop. Then came an IT specialist, who recovered deleted messages from a supposedly “wiped” phone.
Every piece of evidence clicked into place like a puzzle — a puzzle Alyssa insisted she’d never touched.
As the morning session came to a close, the weight of the facts was clear.
She was still denying everything.
But the police already had enough.
