Chapter 12 - Discovering the Embezzlement Audit
While the family panicked in the lobby, Marcus Vane forwarded a secondary legal file to Elena’s office terminal.
The file contained forensic accounting reports detailing how Ashley had been charging personal boutique expenses to corporate wedding accounts.
Over the past three months, Ashley had billed over thirty thousand dollars in designer shoes and dresses to the estate's vendor line.
She assumed Elena would simply approve the invoices without auditing the itemized corporate expense logs.
Instead, Elena’s legal team flagged every fraudulent charge as corporate fraud and grand larceny under state law.
Marcus called Elena directly to discuss the newly discovered financial discrepancies.
“Elena, we found an additional forty thousand dollars in unauthorized boutique charges routed through your corporate sponsorship account,” Marcus said.
“File the criminal fraud charges with the district attorney immediately,” Elena instructed without hesitation.
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“Are you sure? That will guarantee criminal arrest warrants for your sister before the weekend is over,” Marcus warned.
“Actions have consequences, Marcus; it’s time they learned what real accountability feels like,” Elena replied coldly.
