My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 166

“I need to kill that bastard, too.”

The guy who stripped me naked and hung me up is graduating this year. He’s supposed to get scouted by a professional football team after graduation.

Of course, that son of a bitch who’s trying to ruin my father for reporting his son will be there too.

The principal and the director of the school who ignored me will all be there.

“I’m going to kill them all.”

Bashir Yamin had no intention of living. Only anger fueled him. Even if he went out into society, he wouldn’t be able to live properly anyway. Those bastards wouldn’t let him.

But the situation changed.

“Who is it?”

“Edward Pollin, a lawyer from Pacific Law Firm.”

The man who came to see him.

He handed Bashir Yamin something.

“We’ve been investigating what happened to you a few months ago.”

“Yes?”

A lawyer suddenly came to see him. He already knew everything.

“How did you…?”

“I have some contacts at the school. I heard it was covered up.”

Bashir Yamin’s face turned red at those words.

Being stripped naked and hung up in front of dozens of girls wasn’t something to be proud of.

“Of course, I know you’re ashamed. But that’s why I came to see you.”

“Why?”

“I heard about the incident, but something seemed off. This shouldn’t have been swept under the rug like that.”

Bashir Yamin wasn’t stupid; he reported it to the school and the police. But they covered it up.

So there was no way to resist.

“This is clearly illegal. It’s also something that shouldn’t happen under the current legal system.”

“So? What do you want me to do? Sue them?”

“Yes, do it.”

“I can’t win anyway. Do you know who that bastard’s father is?”

“I know. The CEO of Picalmart. But that doesn’t mean he’s above the law.”

Picalmart is a huge mart in this area, and it has more than ten chain stores.

Of course, with that much money, he can cover up the incident.

“We believe that Picalmart, the school, and the police colluded to cover up the incident. This is a clear case for damages, especially such malicious and persistent retaliation.”

“Yes?”

“We’ve already looked into what’s happening to Yamin’s father.”

Bashir Yamin’s face crumpled at those words. He really knew everything.

“What do you want?”

“Let us handle the lawsuit. This is a clear case for punitive damages [damages awarded to punish a defendant for outrageous conduct]. We’ll be asking for $100 million. Of course, we might not get all of it, but I think we can get at least $30 million.”

“H-How much?”

“A total of $100 million. I think we can get at least $30 million.”

$30 million. Enough money to change his life. Bashir Yamin was bewildered by those words.

“Of course, we can’t get it from just one place. But there are three parties involved in this case: the police, the school, and Picalmart.”

Edward Pollin quietly said to Bashir Yamin.

“As you know, the courts impose very heavy penalties for illegal actions by the police.”

There was a case where someone was accidentally locked up and forgotten, and they almost starved to death. The U.S. court ordered the victim to be compensated millions of dollars.

“But this isn’t just that level.”

This is a case where the police covered up an incident after receiving a bribe.

“In such cases, the compensation will be over $10 million.”

It’s not a mistake or a faulty investigation. It’s a clear case of covering up an incident after receiving a bribe.

“And the same goes for the school.”

The school should have followed the regulations when this kind of problem occurred. They must know that there are school shootings every year.

Nevertheless, they were blinded by the huge donations from Picalmart and covered up the incident.

“Especially Picalmart.”

Beyond simply paying to cover up the incident, they were trying to ruin a person’s life with their power.

The reason was retaliation for reporting their son’s wrongdoing.

“This is a clear case of corporate punitive damages. In such cases, the company has to pay tens of millions of dollars in compensation.”

In the U.S., if a company acts knowing it’s illegal, the punitive damages are so high that the company can be crippled.

It’s not like the company’s interests were at stake; they did it for the CEO’s son, so the compensation will definitely not be small.

“But I don’t have any money…”

Lawyer fees are notoriously expensive in the United States. That’s because, unlike in Korea, they charge by the hour, not a fixed fee. But that doesn’t mean there’s no way.

“We’ll cover that. In return, you just need to promise us 20% of the winnings.”

“20%?”

“Yes.”

If it’s $30 million, 20% is over 7 billion won [approximately $5.3 million USD based on current exchange rates].

“We can’t lose this kind of case.”

In fact, there are many law firms in the U.S. that make money this way. It’s called planned litigation.

“Then I…”

“You just need to stay still. We’ve already secured all the relevant data.”

The characteristic of planned litigation is that they come with all the data to win already prepared.

Bashir Yamin’s face began to show signs of 고민 [worry/anguish].

“Bashir Yamin will probably try to cut ties with the terrorists now.”

What if he had only despair and anger, but then a huge amount of money appeared before his eyes? Moreover, if that money is guaranteed?

“He’ll definitely rely on that.”

Since he’s not a Muslim from the start and just chose that path out of anger, he’s probably imagining a happy life now.

“Humans move away from extremism when they have hope.”

The more you have to protect, the softer you become. This is an immutable law.

For example, look at the politicians who shout about war. They advocate extremism and constantly insist on pushing north, but if they were told to send their children to the battlefield and donate all their assets to the war effort, they would probably become pacifists right from that moment.

In fact, when Japan wanted to create a normal army due to the threat from North Korea, the far-rightists who had been consistently advocating for it welcomed it with open arms, but when the idea of adopting conscription to create that normal army came up, they suddenly became pacifists.

“Bashir Yamin has nothing to lose. That’s why he joined hands with extreme Islamic forces.”

In fact, Park Do-joon didn’t expect the attacking students to go after his parents.

If they hadn’t touched his parents, he probably wouldn’t have made such an extreme choice.

“But now he has the opportunity to get it back several thousand times over.”

If he stays still, Bashir Yamin will make at least 100 billion won [approximately $75 million USD] and his life will be completely turned upside down.

“But this means he has something to protect. I was already getting a headache because of that, but it’s easily resolved.”

Lee Ji-soo, who was listening to Park Do-joon and Roy McCoy, tilted her head.

“But why are you making it so complicated? Can’t you just go and confiscate his phone and check the contents?”

Roy McCoy looked at Lee Ji-soo with a look that said, ‘What are you talking about?’

“Ah, I guess it’s a misunderstanding caused by the different legal systems of the two countries. Ji-soo, that’s only possible in Korea.”

“Yes?”

“In the United States, individual freedom is the top priority. If an individual doesn’t open their phone, you can’t see the contents.”

“Yes? But isn’t it technically impossible to open it?”

“To be honest, it’s difficult. Bashir Yamin is a terrorist. And his phone is a WaiPhone.”

The problem is that WaiPhone has very high security.

“You can’t open it?”

“It’s not that we can’t open it.”

In fact, no matter how high the security of a phone is, it can’t be stronger than the major U.S. intelligence agencies that train hackers in the thousands and mobilize supercomputers for hacking.

“But the problem is that the information obtained that way is not recognized in court. Korea doesn’t recognize illegally obtained evidence either, right?”

“That’s true. But isn’t that solved with a warrant?”

“That’s the problem. The U.S. court extremely restricts the issuance of warrants regarding areas that infringe on individual freedom.”

Even if they manage to open it, if they opened it without a warrant, they can’t use it as evidence, and of course, other evidence derived from it can’t be used either.

The reason Park Do-joon asked, ‘Do you have evidence?’ in the first place was because of that. If there’s no evidence, he’ll be released without charge even if he’s caught.

“Moreover, WaiPhone hates opening it to death.”

In fact, when the court asked WaiPhone to open the phone of a suspected terrorist, the manufacturer of WaiPhone said, ‘Absolutely not,’ and actually didn’t open it.

That’s what happened last time, will it happen this time too?

“Moreover, it’s not just a problem with WaiPhone. The apps they use inside probably can’t be hacked. Right?”

Roy McCoy nodded at those words.

“Unfortunately.”

Even if the phone itself is a machine, so you can hack it and open it, the apps inside the phone have to be accessed from the outside, and as far as Park Do-joon knows, the apps used by these criminals are known to be impossible to hack because they are made with extreme consideration for security.

“Then?”

“We can catch him and prevent the immediate crime, but we’ll have to release him in the end.”

“No, then what do we do?”

“What do we do? Now we can confidently ask Bashir Yamin to release him.”

Park Do-joon said confidently.

“He’ll have no choice but to release him.”

Bashir Yamin immediately signed a contract with Edward Pollin, and Edward Pollin, who had all the preparations ready, filed a lawsuit without hesitation. From the beginning, Edward Pollin couldn’t lose.

All the data related to this lawsuit is data secured by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. No matter how rich they are, if two national intelligence groups are determined to 털어내 [shake down/expose] a person, finding evidence of what they did is a piece of cake.

“Bashir, let’s clear up the misunderstanding. We really didn’t want anything from you.”

Of course, they were in an uproar. Especially the school side came to Bashir and tried to persuade him by any means. The police’s accident will be paid by the government anyway, and Picalmart doesn’t care if it goes bankrupt, but if punitive damages are determined, the foundation could be shaken to the point where they have to sell the school to pay the money.

“Ah, I don’t know. Do it according to the law.”

Bashir sneered at the school’s lawyer. They ignored him when he desperately asked for help. So why should he take a loss for them?

Bashir even felt happiness at the sight of them begging.

And as the lawsuit progressed, the pressure on his father disappeared in an instant. Picalmart also has to reduce the compensation from the lawsuit by any means, but continuing to pressure Bashir’s father is just asking to be killed.

“Get lost, you bastards!”

Bashir’s father chased them out in anger.

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