Mara put the document aside. “He thinks you have no leverage.”
“He thinks I have no money,” I said. “Those are different things.”
Before meeting Grant, I’d helped create fraud-detection software and sold my stake.
I invested most proceeds in Alder Point Capital, a private firm entirely mine but managed by professionals.
When Bennett Freight faced a cash shortage, Alder Point rescued it financially in exchange for sixty-four percent of its voting shares. Grant dealt with its representatives without investigating their owner.
Although my firm held the controlling stake, I had never tried to direct Grant’s career or dictate how he ran the
business.
The arrangement included independent directors and strict oversight measures intended to protect the investment.
But the newest audit results indicated that someone had begun treating corporate accounts as an unlimited source of personal money.
They found fake carriers, duplicated invoices, and federal loan applications containing falsified revenues.
Funds traveled through two Nevada businesses connected to Vanessa, across state borders and through federally insured banks.
