The joint enforcement operation had only just begun when Melnichenko received the news.
He sat there blankly, unmoving for a long while.
He did not need much thought to understand why this had happened.
This joint enforcement operation was far too targeted. According to his subordinates, exchange counters run by other banks had been left alone; only several foreign currency exchange counters belonging to his banks had been shut down.
It was obvious that old bastard Konstantin had made his move!
Otherwise, he had always kept a low profile and had hardly offended any important figures.
No one else would go to such lengths just to come after him.
In fact, when he had rejected Konstantin's acquisition offer two days ago, Melnichenko had already prepared himself mentally.
But he had never expected the other side to strike so quickly—and so ruthlessly!
Even though everyone knew that nearly all private banks had money-laundering channels, helping wealthy people move their money overseas in exchange for hefty handling fees.
Even the reason those major oligarchs owned banks was to finance themselves and launder money...
But such things could be done, not spoken of—and certainly not investigated!
At the end of the day, this was illegal.
Moving huge sums of money overseas through unlawful means was a serious crime if the authorities decided to make an issue of it!
It seemed Konstantin was even more powerful than he had imagined...
It was not that Melnichenko did not know about Konstantin's connections with the Kremlin and Deputy Speaker Mikhail.
But he did not believe the Kremlin and the Duma would step in for Konstantin. After all, top-level official institutions still had to maintain appearances. They could not make their greed look too ugly.
Besides, he had never meddled in politics. He had honestly focused