Are you serious?" he asks.
"I am. Do it."
"Fine. I didn't commit this crime. Furthermore, I had no damn part in it."
You watch him. But the truth is, you just aren't very adept at gauging the level of deception in others, and you can't be sure one way or the other whether he's telling the truth.
So much for gut feeling.
"I can't add much to the version you already know," says Bonnin. "This embezzlement was carried out by two of my employees, Josh Grable and Uther Chen. They were managing numerous accounts for MetaHuman, as well as a handful of other companies under the MetaHuman umbrella. They managed to move money around skillfully enough that nobody noticed them transfer approximately four million dollars into their own accounts—accounts that were well-hidden, and registered to people who only exist on paper."
"And Grable and Chen did all of this without your knowledge or approval?" you ask.
"Absolutely."