Chapter 10 - Daniel Mercer Did Not Act Alone
The bank employee was named Rebecca Sloan.
She worked in wealth-management operations.
Rebecca had access to authentication settings and dormant-account alerts.
Daniel paid her through Mar Azul.
She helped him identify moments when account changes created temporary verification weaknesses.
She also supplied information about my mother’s partnership interest.
But Rebecca did not know Thomas had discovered the scheme.
Daniel told her Thomas was participating.
That lie protected Daniel from his own accomplice.
When Rebecca learned Thomas was missing, she contacted investigators.
Her cooperation exposed the broader structure.
Mar Azul had targeted several estates with poorly monitored minority assets.
Not enormous fortunes.
Forgotten interests.
Old partnerships.
Inherited mineral rights.
Property shares.
Assets people did not realize had become valuable.
The scheme relied less on sophisticated hacking than fragmented attention.
A dead parent.
Old paperwork.
Shared passwords.
Family members assuming someone else handled it.
My mother’s land interest fit perfectly.
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Except Thomas noticed.
And Daniel panicked.
