Chapter 14 - THE LEDGER INSIDE THE DRIVE
The ledger named thirty-four victims.
Women.
Investors.
Employees.
Small businesses.
Julian and Gregory stole more than $61 million.
Some victims had been portrayed as careless partners.
Others were blamed for failed projects.
One man died believing his daughter had stolen from him because forged transfers carried her signature.
The numbers became people once we contacted them.
Vanessa established an independent assistance fund using recovered Ashford assets.
I insisted it be controlled by outside trustees.
Victims should not depend on the goodwill of another wealthy family.
The ledger also revealed Julian’s next transfer schedule.
Friday, 3:00 p.m.
At 2:55, investigators allowed the transaction to begin under monitoring.
The destination accounts identified additional accomplices.
Then they froze everything.
The theft failed.
But an employee pension reserve had been used as the source account.
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Julian chose money whose temporary absence might not be noticed immediately.
He always targeted people least likely to receive urgent attention.
