Three Decades of Pretending Come to an End in a Military Holding Cell

“We found a fake real estate portfolio at his shop,” Hayes said.

“He had a dozen made-up ledgers built to look like legitimate income.”

“He always kept the door to the back office locked,” I said.

“Now we know why,” Hayes said.

He took a silver pen from his breast pocket and made a neat check mark on his clipboard.

“The notary in town gave a full confession an hour ago.

He admitted he accepted the expired power of attorney.”

“Are the local police going to arrest him?”