Not revenge dressed as governance.

PART 7 — THE FIRST $18 MILLION

Forty-eight hours later, the accountants found the pattern.

More than eighteen million dollars had passed through three vendor entities over roughly three years.

That did not mean eighteen million had already been proven stolen.

Some payments might have reflected legitimate services.

Some could be recoverable intercompany transfers.

The job was to trace.

But all three vendors had problems.

Minimal staffing.