I laughed so hard Owen startled awake.

The inquiry required Vincent to provide an accounting of his company’s role as well.

I knew he was nervous because he stopped calling with grand declarations and started sending simple, factual updates through counsel.

His former controller had approved contracts without verifying the work.

Two executives were disputing responsibility for those approvals.

The independent review identified practices that should have been challenged years earlier.

None of this made Vincent blameless.