Chapter 9 - THE MONEY TRAIL ENDED
The final forensic accounting took eleven months.
Confirmed unauthorized or fraudulently induced transfers totaled approximately $1.86 million.
Lower than my original $2.4 million suspicion.
That mattered.
Truth was more important than the biggest number.
Approximately $420,000 had been legitimate expenses initially misclassified during my review.
Other transactions remained disputed but were resolved civilly.
Assets purchased with traceable funds were identified.
Brokerage accounts.
The lake property.
Cash reserves.
Not every dollar was recoverable.
Some had been spent.
Some losses occurred.
Courts imposed preservation orders during litigation.
Eventually restitution and civil judgments addressed proven losses.
The villa never belonged to Brandon.
No valid transfer had occurred.
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My ownership remained intact.
For the first time, I could look at the financial picture without another mystery appearing beneath it.
