Taking a step back, even the Getty Museum doesn't want these ten oil paintings. If they buy them back and sell them, they can make a net profit of 18 million. No matter how you look at it, they won't be a loss.

As long as you are not stupid or stubborn, everyone knows how to choose.

Luke sat at the table and thought quietly.

Judging from Jim's analysis, the first situation can be realized immediately.

The second situation is long-term holding, which has higher risks and longer return period.

Luke is more inclined to the first scenario. This group of robbers should have found a buyer before committing the crime and took the deposit before committing the crime.

As for the reason, Luke analyzed it based on the actual situation of the case.

First of all, there is a crime cost involved. The oil painting robbery so far should involve five suspects. If the sales price is 10%, they can get 2 million US dollars by selling the oil painting through the second method.

Two million dollars for five people, and four hundred thousand dollars for one person is not much.

There is also a time issue involved. According to Jim, if a buyer is not found in advance, the suspect will keep the oil painting for a period of time and wait for a year or two to pass before selling it.

In order to frame the case for the murdered policeman James Jauregui, the group of suspects put $200,000 into his warehouse, which meant they lost $200,000 before making any money.

Luke felt that the cost of committing the crime, the degree of danger, and the time required to pay off were a bit too high, making it uneconomical.

He speculated that before committing the crime, this group of people should have established a regular buyer and received a large deposit, so they were willing to use part of the deposit as stolen money to frame James Jauregui.

This makes sense and is in line with common sense.

After clearing his mind, Luke asked, "Among the people you know, are there any similar targeted buyers?"

“This type of targeted buyers has very high requirements and is not easy to find.

Rich, passionate about art, bold..."

"That's it."

"I... do know a few."

"I want their names."

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Robbery and Murder Division Office.

Luke looked at the list in his hand and couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Dormer Wood, Ruth Morgan, Buddy Caddis, Albus Stone.

The identities of these four people are not difficult to investigate. They are all prominent figures in California, with money, leisure, and status.

Dormer Wood is the major shareholder of a real estate company. It is said that he has many real estate businesses in Washington, New York, and Los Angeles.

Ruth Morgan needs no introduction, her last name is enough to explain it.

Buddy Caddis was a former Disney executive with an annual salary of up to US$20 million, including a base salary of US$1 million and bonuses of the same amount, as well as stock awards worth US$18 million.

Albus Stone, the stock market tycoon, known as California Buffett, has long held stocks in Disney, Apple, Amazon and other companies.

These four people all have one thing in common: they love art and like to collect, especially oil paintings.

There are suspects suspected of purchasing oil paintings, but it is not easy to investigate these people.

First of all, these four people are currently not related to the oil painting robbery. They are just Luke's guesses and there is not enough reason to investigate them.

Secondly, these people have identities and status, and rash investigations without legitimate reasons are likely to cause some trouble.

Luke is not afraid of trouble, but he also doesn't want to cause trouble.

He consulted with his deputy and handed over his speculations and list of suspects.

The deputy captain looked at the people on the list and frowned involuntarily. He is not a person who is afraid of getting into trouble, but these rich people are really difficult to deal with. If you feel a little unhappy, they may find a lawyer or even a team of lawyers to sue you.

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Secondly, these people are all financial backers, and everyone has their own network. Maybe these people know the director and have legitimate reasons, but the problem now is that there is insufficient evidence in the investigation.

The deputy team member looked through the information of these four people carefully, "These four people all like to collect, and they should have a lot of collections.

Why don't we take the initiative to go to the door and tell them that the Getty Museum oil painting was robbed, and the robber has not been caught yet.

Through investigation, it was found that this group of robbers may commit crimes continuously, and they have many precious collections in their homes, reminding them to pay attention to theft prevention.

Through communication, we can check their reactions. If they are really oil painting buyers, they are likely to reveal some flaws.

Of course, this requires sufficient experience to judge.

Therefore, the two of us must investigate in person."

Luke said, "Will such proactive attentiveness make them wary?"

The deputy team member curled his lips, "These rich people have priority and are often fawned over. They have long been accustomed to being courted.

If they have nothing to do with the painting robbery, they probably won't have any suspicion. They will just think that our Robbery and Murder Division is 'considerate', and maybe they will express their gratitude if they meet the director at the party.

If someone among them is really the buyer of the oil painting robbery, they may be suspicious and react in some way.

Then it depends on our ability to discern.”

The deputy team's proposal gives the police a reason to contact these suspects, but it also has some hidden concerns.

It may be possible to alert the snake.

Luke thought for a moment, "Let Matthew collect more information about four people, and I will think about it again."

"OK, you are the captain."

After the deputy team left the office, Luke took out his cell phone and prepared to call Orti's number to see if he could get more detailed information from her.

Cats have cat ways, mice have rat ways.

However, before he could finish dialing the number, his cell phone rang, "ding ding ding ding..."

What a coincidence.
Chapter completed!