The Deposit Bag in the Creek That Broke a Perfect Scheme
The Deposit Bag in the Creek That Broke a Perfect SchemeA sealed bank deposit bag tangled in a catfish trotline contained $265 in cash and a reconciliation slip showing a zero balance - two documents that proved a perfect arithmetic cover could hide a long-running theft. How did a petty cash system, untouched by audits and trusted signatures, allow money to vanish for eighteen months without anyone noticing?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that unfolded after Duane Walsh found the bag in Sallow Creek and how the overlap between signing and deposit timing enabled a scheme that…
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