Chapter 13 - Daniel Gets Fired From His Corporate Management Job
By Monday morning, the fallout from Daniel's impending felony indictments breached his corporate employer's compliance department. Sterling-affiliated financial firms maintained zero-tolerance policies regarding white-collar fraud, forgery, and criminal indictments among management staff.
Daniel walked into his downtown office expecting a routine Monday team meeting, but security guards were waiting at his desk. The corporate human resources director, accompanied by legal counsel, handed him an immediate termination letter.
"Mr. Coleman, your employment with our firm is terminated effective immediately for gross ethical misconduct and criminal investigation," HR stated. Daniel protested loudly, claiming the charges were unproven family disputes, but security cut him off mid-sentence.
They escorted him down to the lobby through the main employee thoroughfare, stripping him of his building access badge permanently. His executive desk was packed into a cardboard box and left outside the revolving glass doors on the sidewalk.
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News of his firing spread through the Columbus financial community within hours, blacklisting him from future employment in Ohio. He had destroyed a promising corporate career built over a decade for a scam that lasted less than a month.
When he tried calling me from a payphone later that afternoon, my phone's automated spam blocker sent him straight to voicemail.
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