Chapter 10 - The Money Was Meant to Disappear Twice
Financial investigators reconstructed the proposed path.
The $8.4 million would have moved first to Cross Harbor Advisory.
Then into three investment vehicles.
Two were connected to Melissa.
The third connected indirectly to Richard through a longtime friend.
The structure was designed to resemble a private real-estate investment.
Richard argued it was legitimate.
The problem was disclosure.
I had never approved those entities.
The draft anniversary authorization did not permit unrestricted
self-dealing.
And several supporting documents carried representations I had never
made.
One stated I had reviewed the investments personally.
I had not.
Another stated Richard had independent authority to direct follow-on
transfers.
He did not.
This was no longer about a cruel anniversary prank.
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It was about paperwork built around the assumption that my signature
would arrive on schedule.
