PART 18: THE UNEXPECTED WITNESS

Eric Shaw returned to the country after the auditors contacted his company’s registered office.

He came with a lawyer and initially denied knowing anything about the questionable payments.

The account records made that denial difficult to maintain.

His firm had received substantial funds from Fairhaven.

He explained that he had been retained to coordinate consultants for a proposed corporate restructuring, but he could not produce completed work matching several large invoices.

“Who hired you?” Helena asked at an interview attended by counsel.