Chapter 9 - BLUE RIDGE COMMERCIAL SERVICESThe LLC belonged to Denise.
On paper.
She had created it eighteen months earlier.
I felt physically ill when Detective Vega told me.
“Why would Denise own a vendor billing Dad’s company?”
“That’s what we’re determining.”
Bank records eventually showed approximately $121,000 in payments from Carter Building Supply.
Not all disappeared into personal spending.
About $46,000 went to legitimate subcontractors.
$18,000 paid for a store-renovation project that should have been booked differently.
$22,000 went toward Mark’s failed real-estate investment.
$14,500 paid personal credit-card debt.
Other transfers covered taxes, fees, and disputed expenses.
Messy.
Not a suitcase full of stolen cash.
The company had been struggling.
One store’s lease increased.
A major contractor customer failed to pay.
Mark had personally guaranteed a warehouse-development loan.
Dad tried to keep the business looking stronger for its bank.
So they moved costs.
Delayed recognition.
Used Denise’s LLC.
Some of the accounting might have been defensible if disclosed properly.
Much of it wasn’t.
Eli did not understand any of that.
He only understood that an empty mailbox company kept receiving thousands of dollars.
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He asked why.
Adults panicked.
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