It was always gonna be weird having someone in the house, right?
Mm. The au pair is fine.
The kids will be fine.
And I get to spend all day, every day,
working with my beautiful wife.
So you're completing on the island this morning?
Money goes in start of business.
Oi! Oi, yous, come here. Move it!
GRUNTS
Mrs Noble, what did your husband do for a living?
He was an accountant.
Jared is dead. How do I get my money?
So he was working for Morris?
He was working for Morris. And who are the associates?
There's one - his wife, Alexandra Noble.
SHE SOBS
Somebody's turned Jared's burner on. Maybe his missus.
Seems like Jared might have been planning
to start a new life with his mistress.
What?
Let's say you found out that he was planning to leave you.
Under that kind of pressure,
there's not many that wouldn't crack.
Jared was the one who set up the second Maltese account.
Yeah, but he must have given you the details.
Mummy? There's a man on the phone for you.
If I'm not back in two hours, I want you to phone the police.
Tell them I went to St Columba's on Lawnmarket.
You don't say no to me.
You keep the phone and I'll call you.
'I'm off to the office now.'
'OK, bye.'
'Bye-bye.' 'Bye, sweetheart.'
ENGINE STARTS
SHE GASPS, TYRES SCREECH
LORRY BLARES HORN
Jesus!
SHE GROANS
CAR HORN
Oh. CAR HORN
SHE EXHALES
All the computers are still working, so that's something.
Yeah. And Sophie's sorting out all the files,
and, er, they dumped some of Jared's personal things in boxes.
Did they? Yeah, mainly invoices
and receipts from when you had the house done.
So the police didn't hold on to anything? No.
No, they said there wasn't anything relevant to their investigation.
God knows what they expected to find.
Lexie.
How are you?
Hi, Kathleen. I'm so sorry.
If there's anything that I can do... Thank you.
Er, so I'm gonna...
I'm gonna start calling everyone today
and, um, explain there's gonna be a handover period.
Yeah. Um, I thought you'd wanna speak
to the bigger corporate clients first,
so printed you off a list.
OK. And Jared's calendar is on his laptop,
so all his meetings and stuff should be on there.
Um, is there a breakdown for these?
Because these just say "consultancy". Er, no.
No, sorry. Yeah, Jared dealt with those five clients personally,
so he took care of the billing.
So you don't know what kind of work he was doing for them?
Ah, said he was advising on restructuring,
wealth management, that kind of thing.
I'm surprised he never mentioned them.
Those five companies bring in more than all our other clients combined.
Oh. Thanks.
How the other half live, eh?
DI Royce, DS Livingston,
this is DC Khan from our Economic Crime Unit.
As I said on the phone, we have some information
we'd like to share with you.
It appears we've run into a little conflict of interest.
Cal Morris, prominent local businessman, philanthropist,
and, as you will be aware,
head of one of Edinburgh's main crime families
for the past 30 years.
A vicious, violent and canny bastard,
he has been notoriously difficult to prosecute.
Him and his brother started out with armed robbery and extortion,
then moved into drugs,
which is where they made their real money.
He then invested that into property
and has built up quite a little empire -
hotels, restaurants, shares in a golf course.
Hmph. They're now all run by his daughter, Bianca.
So, seemingly a legitimate businessman
but we know it's all based on dirty money, we just...
just can't get near him.
You see, we've never been able to prove
that the cash involved is actually dirty.
Then about three months ago, we learned that he was planning
to take an uncharacteristic risk.
We got intel that he was buying a large piece of real estate...
a private island... Huh. Nice.
..using his ill-gotten gains to fund it.
And that's where Jared Noble comes in.
I've managed to establish
that Noble was receiving sizeable regular payments
into the account of his business Jared Noble & Associates.
These payments look innocuous on paper,
but, in fact, come from a number of different shell companies.
Companies I strongly suspect are being used
as money laundering vehicles by Cal Morris.
So I think it is safe to assume that Jared Noble was actually
Morris's money man,
a person we've been trying
and failing to identify for a very long time.
Cal Morris was taking an enormous risk buying this island.
We think he'll want to try again, this time utilising Alexandra Noble.
We'll be monitoring her, which means
when he tries again... We can take him down.
Sir, I understand you wanting us to proceed with caution,
but I do have to continue with my investigation.
I mean, I can't just abandon Lexie Noble as a possible suspect.
She has motive for her husband's murder.
I don't see it.
More likely he was killed by one of Morris's rivals.
Possibly, but... Look,
until we know where Lexie Noble fits in the bigger picture,
I don't want Morris to know we've made the connection.
If he finds out we've linked them he'll go to ground,
so I need you to tread very carefully.
Can you do that for me?
Yes, sir.
DIAL TONE
'Ecosse Mutual, Angus speaking.' Angus, hi. It's Lexie Noble.
'Mrs Noble. Yes, I've just checked it.
'It seems that you no longer have a mortgage with us.'
Right.
Er, can you tell me who he re-mortgaged with?
'Well, he didn't. The mortgage was repaid in full in 2019.'
Repaid?
Do you know who by?
'Yes.
'The payment came from a company called Pier Horizon Enterprises.
'Hello?
'Is there anything else I can help you with today, Mrs Noble?'
Er, no. No, thanks, Angus. Thank you.
PHONE RINGS
Yes?
'Sorry to disturb you, Mrs Noble, but there is a car waiting for you.'
Sorry? 'The driver just called in and said
'that he's in a black Audi on Bishop Street.
'He said you'd recognise the car, that he's taking you to a meeting
'with a client of Jared's.'
Thanks, Katie.
Lexie Noble?
We should get going.
Uncle Cal's waiting.
I'll need any phones or devices.
And you'll be leaving that bag in the car.
Come on, slow coach.
CHATTER
This way. How you doing?
How you doing, mate? All right?
CHATTER
This a dry wine? Yes.
SERVER: Welcome.
Can I take your coat for you?
No, we'll go for the red. No, thank you.
We'll go for the Barolo. Barolo?
Sure. Good choice.
CAL: Have a seat.
You hungry?
No. What's the risotto today?
It's mushroom today. Mushroom.
Er, I'm not hungry, thank you.
Sure?
Sorry, Marco.
Now, have you found those account details?
No. Look, I have been searching, but the thing is,
if you know the banks that are involved,
they can still track the money.
You'd think so, wouldn't you?
Problem is, your husband was too good at his job.
You see, Jared arranged for a third party
to withdraw the money in cash
from one foreign account and then deposit it in another,
but for security reasons,
he didn't share the details of that second account with us.
Right.
OK.
Well, here's the thing.
I'm in the process of buying a piece of real estate.
No. An island, to be precise.
Isle of Eris.
Thank you.
It's in the Outer Hebrides, just off Harris.
It's a very beautiful, magical place.
I've spent my entire life... Thanks.
..dreaming about owning an island like that.
Little piece of the Highlands,
something I can hand down to my daughter and my grand-daughter.
So when it came on the market, then I knew I had to have it.
I knew the purchase would have to be handled with discretion.
So obviously I turned to my trusted accountant, your husband.
Well, here's the thing. Time...
..is pressing, and I'll be honest with you,
I have something of a cash flow problem.
So if I don't find that money, then I could lose my island.
Do you mind if I ask a question?
Are you...
..Pier Horizon Enterprises?
I'm a very generous man, Mrs Noble.
Your husband asked me, as a friend...
..to help him out.
So I did.
I look after the people who work for me.
We have 48 hours to complete this deal,
which gives you, shall we say,
till midday tomorrow to come up with those details.
You do that for us?
ESME CHATTERS
PHONE BUZZES
ESME: They're so sweet, fluffy and really tiny.
We're going to give them all names.
One of them has got a funny leg because it got stuck in the shell,
but Miss Laing says it'll be all right.
Hey, lovely. Who are you talking to?
Daddy. I want to tell him about the baby chicks.
Right.
He can come and see them when he picks me up.
Es...
You know Daddy can't come and pick you up. Yes, he can.
We can go to the park afterwards. He can't, honey.
Cos he's not here any more.
Hey, let's unpack this bag from the hotel. Hmm?
It's all my clothes. Yeah.
These can all go in the wash, can't they?
Es, why do you have this in your bag?
I don't know.
Where did you find it?
On the chair.
Did you want to keep it cos it's Daddy's?
It smells like him.
Yeah, it does. Right, come on.
Shall we get you some breakfast? Come on.
There we go.
OK, you go down.
I'll be down in a second, OK?
IDLE CHATTER
Lexie, you want I should take Esme to school?
No, um... No, it's OK.
I'm just gonna get dressed.
I'm back.
You all right?
We have no fishfingers for lunch.
Don't we? No.
We do not have anything.
Do you want me to go shopping? Er, yeah.
That... You'll need money.
They're still not letting me get cash out. Erm...
Look, I'm so sorry. I know I haven't paid you either.
I will sort it out, OK? When will that be?
If you can't afford me, I...
It's not... It's not that. It's not that I can't afford you.
OK. You will get paid, I promise.
But if not...
..I have to work.
Yeah, I know.
I know.
I... I understand that,
but if I could just extend my overdraft temporarily?
'We offer a premium current account.'
OK. 'But...'
OK, if... '..it requires a deposit.'
That's fine. If I...
If I were to apply for a loan, how long would that take?
'Well, depending on the type of loan, two to three weeks.'
OK. OK, that's fine.
I'm... I'm actually gonna have to call you back, OK?
Thanks.
PHONE RINGS
LEXIE RECITES NUMBERS
'Two, three, three, seven, zero,
'five, three, four, five,
'six, seven, eight, two,
'one, zero, nine, eight, four, eight, two, six.'
Two, six, three, nine.
You're sure that's right? 'Yeah.'
Oh... No, no, no, it's not.
God, I'm sorry, it's not.
It's a... Jared used a... hang on, hang on.
OK, so it's M-T, but then it's three, one,
M-A-L-T,
'zero, one, one, five, eight, three,
'one, two...'
Yeah, that's the number we've been given.
'Yes, the format is correct.'
It's definitely a Maltese account? 'Absolutely.'
Thanks, Dimitri, that's great.
Let me know when you're in.
I need confirmation that the money is there.
OK. Well done, Mrs Noble!
I think that deserves a drink, don't you?
'That won't... won't be necessary.'
Oh, no. I'm sorry, I have to insist.
'There's a lovely cocktail bar that I think you'd like.
'It'll give us a chance to talk about your house.'
Er, OK.
You know the car park behind the castle?
Er, Castle Terrace?
'Six is... Six is fine.'
She never uses his name?
No. We only got her side of the conversation.
She must have a mobile we don't know about.
Gonna be pushing it
to get a full team authorised in time.
If we can confirm she's meeting Morris, that's all we need.
It would prove she's involved as well.
Right. Colin, get on to Turncross Road.
They're the closest to Castle Terrace.
Tell them we need an unmarked car.
Erm, should we inform Royce?
Let's hold off on that for now.
See how it plays out.
Right, what's happening?
Subject's parked up on third. She's on the move.
Party prep. What do you think so far?
Yeah. Yeah.
Looking... very pink, very gold, very colourful.
A work in progress. Are you all right?
Yeah, just been... been a bit of a week at work.
Trouble in paradise?
Eh, no...
Turtles are snapping a bit.
Should I be worried? No.
Why don't you just concentrate on...
on decorating and...
creating this vision of loveliness for Olivia,
so give her a day she'll never forget.
She's three months old.
She's never gonna remember it. You don't know that.
You need to hear this.
So?
So, the Maltese transfer went through.
All right, so the money's gone in?
Yeah. Yeah, it's there.
Problem is?
Well, I wanted to be sure that we weren't missing
any other account details,
so I had Dimitri's guys go through all the shell companies.
Turns out the Maltese account wasn't the only one
we don't have access to.
Hi, Dimitri.
Mr Morris. What's he talking about?
As you know, my team of lawyers set up multiple corporate identities
so that Mr Noble could move the money around.
Right, yeah, we know that.
But it appears that during the process,
someone set up regular transfers
to a dozen corporate accounts we knew nothing about.
How can that be? We've got records of all the transfers.
Jared showed statements of all the accounts
and you checked them yourself, so...
How... How can that money go elsewhere?
It is our suspicion that, um,
Mr Noble may have been, um...
..doctoring the paperwork.
What do you mean, doctoring?
How much?
We don't have a final figure.
Roughly. So far there's around, er...
..£28 million unaccounted for.
£28 million?
He stole £28 million, and you knew fuck all about it?
We're still trying to...
Where's Aaron? He's gone to pick up the wife.
Seems we were wrong to trust either of them.
What did you say?
What did you just say?
PHONE RINGS
Hey.
OK.
Are you sure?
Fine.
Change of plan.
ELEVATOR DINGS
Mr Morris.
Sit.
Did you know?
Sorry?
Did you know your husband was robbing me blind?
I don't understand. Tell her.
Over the past 12 months,
someone's been systematically removing funds
from the companies Jared set up to protect Mr Morris's money.
£28 million in total.
Now, I pride myself on being a good judge of character...
..but it seems that your husband...
..my friend, Jared...
..was helping himself to my money.
So I'm gonna ask you again.
Did you know about it?
No.
I didn't. I didn't even know that Jared was working for you.
Why should I believe you?
How do I know you're not just lying to me the way he did?
I'm not. Jared didn't tell me anything.
You were with him day in, day out.
You shared a bed with the man.
Did you not think anything was up?
I did...
I did think that he might be hiding something.
He... he... There were some meetings and phone calls that...
But I asked him about it
and he just said everything was fine, and then...
You just believed him?
You didn't ask, where's all this extra cash coming from?
28 million!
There wasn't any extra cash!
Apparently he wasn't even paying my daughter's school fees.
He's emptied my savings accounts.
I haven't got any money.
THAT'S how little I knew!
Well, you know now.
SHE BREATHES HEAVILY
Nobody steals from me.
No-one.
That money was mine,
and I will tear this city apart if need be to get back what's mine.
SHE GASPS
I own your house.
I own you.
And unless you get me my money,
I'm going to be taking a lot more than just property from you.
You understand me? Mr Morris,
I'm not a forensic accountant.
I can't find your money.
I would have to go through every corporate bank account,
every transfer, every...
Look for recurring...
It would take me months, it would take me years to do that.
Well, you'd better get started then, huh?
Nothing leaves this room.
Computer, spreadsheets, software -
you tell us what you need and we'll provide it.
Aaron here will be with you at all times.
And I need to know exactly what you're doing,
so I'm gonna want regular detailed updates.
There's a file for each of the companies
Jared and the lawyers set up.
Inside, you'll find the statements for the corresponding bank accounts.
Why are there two sets of statements for each period?
One set came from the bank this afternoon.
The others are the ones your husband showed us.
The ones he doctored.
If I'd found out sooner...
..I would have killed him myself.
How long have you known about this? Just found out.
Noble must have had a death wish.
Guess that worked out about right for him, then.
Think she could be playing us?
Maybe she already knows how he did it.
Then she'd be wise to admit it.
Sooner rather than later.
So...
..what can you tell me?
I... I think I can see a pattern,
but I can't concentrate any more. I'm...
I'm exhausted.
If I could just go home, get some rest, see my kids.
Please, we could continue this tomorrow.
OK. Aaron, you can take her to her car.
Get some sleep. Back first thing.
And, Mrs Noble?
Don't do anything stupid.
We're watching.
Eyes on vehicle drop-off.
Subject exited black Audi. Driver unknown.
Registration Sierra, Kilo, 2, 2, Alpha, Uniform, Yankee.
Audi is registered to one Aaron Morris.
And there we have it.
OK, people. We know she went for a ride with the monkey.
Stay on her. Let's see if she'll take us to the organ grinder.
CHURCH BELLS CHIME
OK.
So if we take this first company, Sentinel Bridge Holdings,
and we call that Company A.
Now, it has a number of corporate bank accounts,
which in itself is not unusual.
Now, Jared had set up a standard automated transfer system
that moved money from account A1
to A2, A2 to A3, etc.
And then at the same time, there's smaller sums
that are being transferred to the next shell company.
So account A1 to B1, A2 to B2, etc.
OK. OK.
But then when I compare
the statements from the bank with these...
these fake ones that you've been given,
it appears that for each of these shell companies,
there's one account... In this case, account A5.
..that you don't have access to.
So any money that goes into that account goes...
Into someone else's pocket.
Mm-hm.
But then, these have been altered to make it look like
that money is still moving through the system.
So you're saying each shell company
has one of these extra accounts that we don't have access to?
Well, I've only looked at the first three.
But if we're talking about this one, Sentinel Bridge Holdings,
well, you've got the real statements right there.
So presumably, you can see where the money's been going.
Yeah. Well, it's been going to account A5.
And A5 is the extra account that we don't have access to.
Correct, because it belongs to someone else.
Hang on, hang on.
We own Sentinel Bridge Holdings,
and all of these accounts, A1,
two, three, four, are all in that name.
Yeah, that's right. What about A5?
Also called Sentinel Bridge Holdings.
Well, last I checked, you can't incorporate two companies
with the exact same name.
Not in the same jurisdiction.
So the most likely explanation is
that someone incorporated a duplicate company,
also called Sentinel Bridge Holdings,
but in a different legal territory, probably abroad,
and with a different beneficial owner,
and THAT is who this extra account belongs to.
So how do we get the money back?
Well, I mean, the first step would be to find out
where each duplicate company is registered.
If you're not gonna go through official channels,
that's not an easy task.
You'd basically have to go through the company registers
of every legal jurisdiction.
There's... hundreds of them.
OK. So what do you need?
Secure browser? Encrypted email?
I mean, that...
That would make it safer, yeah, but it won't make it any faster.
Well, when it's ready, we'll let you know.
Aaron will take you home.
Where are we? You said you were taking me back to my car.
Don't be daft.
What's going on? This way.
He won't be long.
Don't touch anything.
You OK, Dad?
Hello! She sleeping? Mm.
Who's the woman?
That's Jared's wife.
Oh.
Oh, the poor lamb. She must be in pieces.
I wouldn't give her too much sympathy.
Turns out he's been stealing.
How much?
Enough.
No-one steals from us.
I know.
Malky tells me you're making progress.
Yeah. I am, but it's gonna take a really long time to trace it.
How long?
I don't know. Roughly.
A day? A week?
A month? A year? A decade?
What? Help me. I can't... I can't say.
It's a huge amount of work.
Maybe this will help you concentrate.
I can't take your money.
Why not?
Jared took it.
That's why you're in this mess.
Here.
That's fine. I'll speak to the bursar directly.
Yeah. It was just to say I'll be in in the morning
and I'll... I'll settle the fees in full.
Great. Thank you. Bye.
You have money now? Yeah. Erm...
I have to pay you in cash.
Erm...
I'm gonna give you a bit extra cos...
..I know it's really late.
Thanks.
And I'll... I'll find some time today
to get to the supermarket, get some food and... Sure.
Hello, sir.
I just spoke to a contact at the Scottish Land Registry.
Apparently the agent handling the sale of the Isle of Eris
has gone missing, along with some fairly crucial paperwork.
It's got to be Morris.
I knew he hadn't given up. Course he hasn't.
Have a look at who's been helping him with his finances.
I would say that was a cash in hand payment.
Wow. Yeah.
Which means she could be very useful to us.
Mrs Noble.
DCI Adam Guthrie.
I'd like to speak to you regarding your relationship
with Callum Morris.
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