You are a well-known forensic accounting expert. You have been engaged by Wilson Monica, a nationally- renowned attorney who represents Tom Wilco, a medical doctor who owned many pain clinics in Florida until he was charged with Medicare fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering in a federal indictment. Wilson is very good at what he does and knows the federal prosecutors well, as well as the actions and items needed to win cases. He hires you to build a forensic accounting case to show that Tom Wilco’s business was all legal and proper. At the beginning, you caution Monica to the effect that your findings might not be helpful to his client’s case. He told you not to worry about it; you were “totally free” to seek the truth.

In conducting your investigation, your review of medical claim records revealed many claims in which Dr. Danny billed insurance companies for visits that never took place. You were very disappointed with such a finding because you knew that you had to quickly break the bad news to Monica and withdraw from the engagement.

Before you could even call Monica, a shady-looking man met you in the parking garage next to your office. The man walked straight up to you and pressed a shiny revolver into your forehead, right between your eyes.

The man spoke, “In the Danny case, you’ll say that you found nothing wrong. If you don’t do exactly as I say, I promise you will be very sorry.”

The experience shook you terribly and you did not have any idea of what to do. You went and told your story to Monica, but to your surprise Monica seemed completely undisturbed by your story, as though it was something he had been expecting to hear.

“You have to understand,” said Monica. “I don’t always represent the cleanest clients.”

Monica then told you that your best bet would be just to write the report the way the gunman instructed.

“It’s not worth getting killed over,” he said. “It won’t really matter because we will plea bargain the case. We always plea bargain the case. Only dumb politicians go to trial, so your report will never see the light of day.”

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What should you do? Explain.