The Drifting Bag That Blew Open a Hydroelectric Heist
The Drifting Bag That Blew Open a Hydroelectric Heist
A retired schoolteacher’s morning bird photograph captured an industrial courier bag from Merrow Run Hydroelectric Station washing ashore 700 meters across open water, containing $11,420 in banded petty cash and two official receipts - how did that bag travel four days without anyone noticing a missing cash reserve? Who benefited from a hole in oversight that let money vanish in plain sight?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that followed Kathleen Smith’s discovery and the state financial crimes inquiry that unfolded…
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