liberty to pull all of the executive’s résumés and eighty percent of them have programming experience although that is not their primary job function here at Welsh. Most have secondary Computer Science degrees, even the Marketing VP.”
“Eighty percent, huh? That’s leaves us with what, six, seven people?”
Caitlyn nodded in agreement.
“How many people know about this?” Sydney asked.
“No one except for you and me,” Caitlyn said with a shake of her head.
“Good. For two reasons I would like to keep it that way. The first is that if it is someone here, we don’t want them to know we are onto what they’ve been doing, otherwise they may stop, and we’ll never catch them. The second reason is that this is dangerous as hell. We’re talking millions of dollars and people have killed for much less.”
“And since no one but the two of us know I’ve been testing out this new system billing program, I think we should keep that to ourselves as well.”
“I agree. Do you have any idea where the money is going or how we can catch whoever is doing this?”
“I’m working on that. I have spent the last twenty-four hours trying to find the account where the funds have been dumped but it’s too tedious to do by hand seeing that we have over two million customers worldwide,” Caitlyn said, massaging the sides of her temples with her fingertips. “I decided to write a new logic program where I can input the monies that have been rounded down from several invoices and have the system search for an account or accounts that match a deposit for those amounts. It shouldn’t take long once I finish writing the code.”
Sydney leaned against the corner of the desk. “What about catching them?”
Caitlyn smiled. “I have in my possession several pages of code written by all the programmers at Welsh. I will compare those samples with the code in our system. Programmer codes can be like fingerprints and all programmers have their own nuances, kind of like their own signatures in the way they write the code.”
“Interesting, I didn’t know that,” Sydney said, thinking that every time she was around Caitlyn, she learned something new.
Caitlyn shrugged. “It’s a long shot considering that the person may not directly be in a position where they have written code for Welsh. There is also a chance that they have changed their programming fingerprint to throw anyone off the trail just in case the code is discovered.”
“It’s better than nothing at this point,” Sydney said.
“I did something else as well. Last night when no one else was in the building, I loaded spyware as well as keystroke logging software on all of the executive’s desktops. I need to get my hands on their laptops as well.”
“Very sneaky! I like it,” Sydney laughed. “I have a meeting to attend when I’m done here. Several of the execs on your list will be in that meeting and it might be a good time for you to try to load your software onto their laptops.”
“I’m not sure they would be happy if they knew. I hate doing those kinds of things but I’m also not keen on knowing that someone I work with has a problem with ethics,” Caitlyn said, frowning.
“I agree but when you use company equipment, you’re fair game and it clearly states that in fine print on the application for employment. Will they have any idea that the software is running?”
“No, only you and I will know and I will be able to see and track everything they do from my computer, Caitlyn said, shaking her head.”
Sydney glanced at her watch and stood up. “I need to get ready for the meeting. Please keep me updated on your progress.”
Caitlyn nodded. “You will be the first to know.”
“Are you coming to my Christmas party tonight?”
Caitlyn shrugged and said, “I don’t know. I really haven’t given it much thought.”
“Ah, come on. It’ll do you some good. You spend too many hours here as it is,” Sydney said and it was
“Eighty percent, huh? That’s leaves us with what, six, seven people?”
Caitlyn nodded in agreement.
“How many people know about this?” Sydney asked.
“No one except for you and me,” Caitlyn said with a shake of her head.
“Good. For two reasons I would like to keep it that way. The first is that if it is someone here, we don’t want them to know we are onto what they’ve been doing, otherwise they may stop, and we’ll never catch them. The second reason is that this is dangerous as hell. We’re talking millions of dollars and people have killed for much less.”
“And since no one but the two of us know I’ve been testing out this new system billing program, I think we should keep that to ourselves as well.”
“I agree. Do you have any idea where the money is going or how we can catch whoever is doing this?”
“I’m working on that. I have spent the last twenty-four hours trying to find the account where the funds have been dumped but it’s too tedious to do by hand seeing that we have over two million customers worldwide,” Caitlyn said, massaging the sides of her temples with her fingertips. “I decided to write a new logic program where I can input the monies that have been rounded down from several invoices and have the system search for an account or accounts that match a deposit for those amounts. It shouldn’t take long once I finish writing the code.”
Sydney leaned against the corner of the desk. “What about catching them?”
Caitlyn smiled. “I have in my possession several pages of code written by all the programmers at Welsh. I will compare those samples with the code in our system. Programmer codes can be like fingerprints and all programmers have their own nuances, kind of like their own signatures in the way they write the code.”
“Interesting, I didn’t know that,” Sydney said, thinking that every time she was around Caitlyn, she learned something new.
Caitlyn shrugged. “It’s a long shot considering that the person may not directly be in a position where they have written code for Welsh. There is also a chance that they have changed their programming fingerprint to throw anyone off the trail just in case the code is discovered.”
“It’s better than nothing at this point,” Sydney said.
“I did something else as well. Last night when no one else was in the building, I loaded spyware as well as keystroke logging software on all of the executive’s desktops. I need to get my hands on their laptops as well.”
“Very sneaky! I like it,” Sydney laughed. “I have a meeting to attend when I’m done here. Several of the execs on your list will be in that meeting and it might be a good time for you to try to load your software onto their laptops.”
“I’m not sure they would be happy if they knew. I hate doing those kinds of things but I’m also not keen on knowing that someone I work with has a problem with ethics,” Caitlyn said, frowning.
“I agree but when you use company equipment, you’re fair game and it clearly states that in fine print on the application for employment. Will they have any idea that the software is running?”
“No, only you and I will know and I will be able to see and track everything they do from my computer, Caitlyn said, shaking her head.”
Sydney glanced at her watch and stood up. “I need to get ready for the meeting. Please keep me updated on your progress.”
Caitlyn nodded. “You will be the first to know.”
“Are you coming to my Christmas party tonight?”
Caitlyn shrugged and said, “I don’t know. I really haven’t given it much thought.”
“Ah, come on. It’ll do you some good. You spend too many hours here as it is,” Sydney said and it was
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