kirinke said:
Hope calls the hacker back. "Alright. You've got your money. It's being wired to the account as we speak. Now give me the info."
(The money btw would have been much higher than the number you mentioned, but it doesn't matter for story purposes, as the Trust would pay it anyway.)
BB says "Pleasure doing business with ya, as always. I'll send the info to the usual place, and some original hard copies to the usual P.O. Box."
You get the info, detailing bank transfers and including extensive documentation. The trail ends at Credit Prinz in Zurich, the same place associated with the money sent by Barrington to the local Wolfsohn, Shepard, and Doe office. BB has a pic from a bank surveillance camera of a young woman in a hat and sunglasses picking up the money in the form of bearer bonds.
Meanwhile, you are also all sent the Trust's dossier on The Foundry. The Foundry is actually somewhat similar to The Trust. Both are semi-secret, both have access to and sometimes sell advanced and alien technology, including teleportals, both have a highly-secret and highly-secure HQ and numerous satellite branches, and both have rely on extremely powerful and at least semi-sentient supercomputers for hacking and security. Foundry bases are generally defended by Ai-operated security systems and security robots. The only way to place and order at the Foundry is to be referred by a previous customer. There is a known Foundry base beneath a mansion near Zurich, and the office of the purchasing agent in the city is known (It is a penthouse in an office building downtown), though again, you can't get in legitimately without a referral.