Chapter 8 - The Transfers Started After Leo’s Birth
Dad’s attorney brought in a forensic accountant.
The first transfer was $250,000.
Then $180,000.
Then $400,000.
Over eleven months, $1.7 million moved through Vance Family Advisory and
three consulting companies.
Some payments went to legitimate legal and administrative work.
Others did not have obvious support.
One company belonged to Beatrice’s longtime financial adviser.
Another paid Elaine Porter.
A third had transferred money toward Ryan’s failing startup obligations.
Ryan had hidden how badly his company was struggling.
He had personally guaranteed loans.
Investors at Leo’s birthday party were not merely guests.
Several were people Ryan needed to reassure.
If he gained access to additional family-controlled liquidity, he could
delay a collapse.
The forensic accountant cautioned me.
The transfers did not, by themselves, prove a plan to harm Leo.
Then she found a memo attached to one payment.
PHASE II — MEDICAL CAPACITY DOCUMENTATION.
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Dad read it twice.
I could not read it at all.
