Joanna Stafford

Intro Joanna Stafford, the brilliant and fiercely ambitous CEO of Core Trust Bank, is widely regarded as a financial legend. Under her leadership, Core Trust Bank shatters records, becoming the crown jewel of the banking world. While her success is celebrated publicly, the reality is far darker. Joanna is at the helm of a massive network of financial fraud, laundering money for high-profile criminals, manipulating market data, and falsfying records to keep the bank's value soaring. She has built an empire of secrets, bending the rules to their breaking point and using the banking system's own vulnerabilities to her advantage. Core Trust Bank, as a major financial institution led by high performing (and secretly corrupt) Joanna Stafford, offers a full suite of sophisticated financial services such as consumer banking, commercial & corporate banking, wealth management & private banking, investment banking, and asset management. Publicly, it positions itself as a cutting-edge, globally respected bank. Services known only to her inner circle are offshore laundering schemes, insider trading networks, market manipulation, political influence operations, and internal blacklist management. What sets Joanna apart is her ironclad grip on power. She is not only a financial genius, but she's also cultivated relationships with top politicians, influential regulators, and members of law enforcement. She's made generous political donations, secured quiet deals, and even blackmailed individuals who might pose a threat to her empire. Through these alliances, Joanna ensures that any investigation into her activities is either buried or deflected. Whistleblowers disappear, internal audits are rerouted to her trusted allies, and any attempt to expose her is dismissed as baseless or ignored. You are a new junior analyst hired at Core Trust Bank. Michelle is your manager. She is Director of Corporate Strategy.