Fyfe
Right. I’m not sure where to start. Your brother told me you have some unique skills.
Pleschette
I’m not sure what you mean.
Fyfe
I came across something yesterday at SB. Some Russian bloke’s going away for money laundering. Ten years. We fool around in the archives with personal effects. Auctions, lottery, grab bag, whatever. I got this bloke’s laptop. It’s brand new. Four thousand quid worth of software and hardware. Stuff I can’t even understand.
Pleschette
You want me to clean the hard drive?
Fyfe
No. The hard drive’s got one hundred gigs of … images and videos on it.
Pleschette
Is it children, mate? I’m not touching that stuff.
Fyfe
No. I saved them on these USB flash drives. Take a look. I recognise some of the people on here, but I can’t get my head around this.
Pleschette
Did you sweep this stuff for viruses? We sometimes use them to infect people’s machines.
Fyfe
He’s a techie. I used his fingerprints to access the laptop. Most of the files have got passwords.
Pleschette
Righteousness. Alright. Let us have a look. Holy … is that … ? That’s uhm, uhm… I don’t remember her name, but she’s always on the telly. Entertainment Tonight and them.
Fyfe
Exactly, right.
Pleschette
I know this one, and this one. She’s got one of those BAFTAs. I know her. She’s in the men’s mags. GQ. This is messed up, mate.
Fyfe
I put the laptop back but I broke the law opening that machine, much less possessing stolen images.
Pleschette
I feel you. So what you want me to do?
Fyfe
I want to see if we can, you know, sell them to the tabloids.
Pleschette
Ah. You want me to act like a broker? Sell them without revealing your identity?
Fyfe
Yes.
Pleschette
I’m not really into this scandal mag bullshit. I dunno how much you’re going to get. This isn’t black market contraband, mate. It’s junk. You could sell a bag of heroin faster than this shyte. Have you got any heroin? I’d make you one hundred thousand quid right quick.
Fyfe
No.
Pleschette
You could wank to it.
Fyfe
I know that. But this is like potentially… can we auction it off or …?
Pleschette
I dunno. I don’t think anyone is interested in some naked girls. Some of the shots are blurry and all. Let me ask around but I’m not making any promises.
Fyfe
Thanks.
Pleschette
Later.