Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Swimming with the Sharks (2020)

Eshan Bay: Vinay Gupta

Quotes 

• Vinay Gupta : Luna is not the easiest, but I believe in what we've built, and I... I can't say anything that's gonna damage the IPO.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : No, we're way past that now. You're looking at fraud, money laundering...

  Vinay Gupta : I was only doing my job.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, traditionally, not a great excuse for breaking the law.

• Vinay Gupta : Bobby Frost gave you these?

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, he said as chief tech officer, you could shed light on some of these IT expenses. Like, uh, this one here, yeah, for $800,000. That's your signature?

  Vinay Gupta : I sign off on dozens of projects every month.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : So that's a yes? Did you get any feedback about the work that was done?

  Vinay Gupta : I don't recall receiving any complaints.

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, you wouldn't have, because the vendor doesn't exist. It's a shell company, and when we try to track the money down, it disappears into a Carribbean LLC.

  Vinay Gupta : [getting the implication]  I'm not laundering money.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Then who submitted the bill?

  Vinay Gupta : It was Luna Prasada.

  Amanda Rollins : Did she say what the work was for?

  Vinay Gupta : Not specifically, no.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : You didn't ask? You usually sign six-figure checks without knowing what they're for?

  Vinay Gupta : She made it clear that wasn't my concern. Look, she's starting a charitable foundation. She mentioned needing to move money around for tax reasons. She swore is was all legal.

  Amanda Rollins : And you just went along?

  Vinay Gupta : She's the boss. The tech officer before me? She fired him because she didn't like the color of his aura.