“Did we take away her signing authority when probate closed?” I asked.

“We filed the standard revocation notice with the bank’s main branch,” Donald said, the tip of his fountain pen tapping hard on his desk.

“But if the branch manager never updated the internal paper signature card, her authorization would still be active on their older system ledger.”

“Three hours ago somebody tried to take twelve hundred dollars out of that account,” I said.

Donald went totally quiet for three seconds.