Indigo’s old property loan had begun as a legitimate mortgage.

After his business failed, I had poured my own savings into keeping the house afloat, believing I was helping family.

What I had not known was that all the while, Bruno had been telling everyone that his parents were the ones contributing cash to the household — when in fact the bank statements showed heavy, recurring deposits coming from a shell corporation called Apex Vantage Group.

And Apex Vantage Group, it turned out, was registered as an external consulting vendor for Bruno’s own employer.