Chapter 3 — Secrets Buried for Thirty Years
While preparing Preston's criminal defense, attorneys uncovered financial records they had never expected to find.
For decades Richard Bennett had secretly transferred family assets into Preston's companies.
Money intended for both children had quietly been diverted to support only one.
Even worse...
When Evelyn's grandmother died years earlier, she had left a trust fund equally divided between both grandchildren.
Richard had forged paperwork.
Nearly every dollar had gone to Preston.
The fraud stretched back almost thirty years.
When federal investigators began reviewing the documents, the deception unraveled faster than anyone imagined.
The Bennett family wasn't simply facing public disgrace anymore.
They were facing criminal investigations.
Richard's law license was suspended.
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Carolyn became the target of civil lawsuits.
Everything they had protected collapsed under the weight of their own lies.
