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But the situation at the Regen Family was special; in the chaotic years following the war, the Regen Family was directly responsible for the institutional transformation from the New Tokyo Police Department to Night City's NCPA. With a deep network of local connections and a massive amount of compromising information on others, sneaking a few people into hiding or locating a few was no trouble at all—in fact, one could say they were definitely involved.
Even Li Pan began to suspect that the Regen Family might have been genuinely unaware of the 'Whisperer' affair initially, not possessing the necessary clearance for such secrecy. So the most likely scenario was that they were simply abusing their authority, accepting Black Money, doing dirty work, accommodating others, and arranging 'fresh start' identities for old friends and war criminals from Takamanohara. And among those hidden were the parties involved with the Whisperer.