<P> In the present, Chris works as a forensic accountant from a small strip mall office in Plainfield, Illinois . He unmasks insider financial deceptions, often for criminal and terrorist enterprises . Chris's clients interact with Chris through the Voice, an unidentified woman who calls him "Dreamboat". He exposes himself to loud music and flashing lights while abusing his own shinbone on a daily basis to inure himself to sensory overload . </P> <P> Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) Director Ray King pursues Chris, known to them as "the Accountant". King recruits Treasury data analyst Marybeth Medina to help him locate the Accountant . Her leads include Chris's cover names, a recording from his killing of nine members of the Gambino crime family, and some photos . </P> <P> Chris is hired to audit Living Robotics after the company's founder and CEO, Lamar Blackburn (Lithgow) and his sister Rita, learn of discrepancies from in - house accountant Dana Cummings (Kendrick). Chris finds that over $61 million has been embezzled from the company . CFO Ed Chilton, who is diabetic, is forced by a hitman to commit suicide from an insulin overdose . Lamar dismisses Chris, claiming Chilton killed himself because of the investigation of the embezzlement, leaving Chris very distraught because he cannot finish the audit . </P> <P> Medina isolates Chris's voice from the recording of the Gambino killing, hearing him repeating the nursery rhyme Solomon Grundy . She learns that his cadence is reminiscent of those with autism, and that Chris's aliases are famed mathematicians, including his current identity, Christian Wolff . Using IRS records, she finds his Illinois office . </P>

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