Villains become less psychologically powerful when bureaucracy gets involved.

He was not a criminal mastermind who hypnotized Brandon.

He was a financially sophisticated man who appears to have taken advantage of investors willing to hear what they wanted.

Brandon was responsible for being one of them.

Bernice was responsible for steering him there.

Curtis was responsible for his own representations and conduct.

Responsibility did not need to belong to only one person.

Forensic accounting taught me that before life forced me to apply it personally.