PART 12

The financial audit uncovered a second pattern, one that had nothing to do with medicine and everything to do with access.

Northstar Wellness Systems had been incorporated shortly before the ventilation modifications began.

Its listed management company shared an address with a consulting business connected to Martin Vale’s brother-in-law.

Several invoices had been routed through a discretionary family-health fund that Kenneth approved in broad monthly summaries.

“Why would I sign a statement like that?” Kenneth asked, examining a binder his independent accountant brought to the hospital.