PART 3: THE ACCOUNTING AUDIT
My attorney stepped forward, unzipping a sleek leather portfolio filled with forensic accounting spreadsheets.
“Mr. Miller,” my attorney stated with icy precision, “in addition to the divorce proceedings, my client’s firm at Hartwell Medical Systems has initiated a full audit of your logistics sub-contracts.”
Ethan’s jaw dropped, and he stumbled backward against the doorframe as if he had been struck.
For two years, Ethan had been secretly routing small equipment maintenance contracts from my company to a ghost LLC registered under his mother’s name, taking a percentage to pay for her rising mortgage.
I hadn’t paid attention to the vendor codes while working as a coordinator, but the moment I stepped into the Director of Operations role, the financial red flags were impossible to ignore.
“Every single dollar your mother demanded was an attempt to cover up the missing funds before corporate auditors noticed,” I said coldly, looking down at Linda.
She looked up at me in absolute horror, realizing that her greedy ultimatum hadn’t just cost her son his marriage—it had handed federal investigators the exact key to their financial crime.
(Justice is about to be delivered in front of the entire neighborhood! Click “Next Page” to continue reading…)
