Chapter 9 - VOSS HAD ONE MORE PERSON INSIDE HARTWELLThe investigation widened.
Voss could not have diverted white medication cases alone.
Someone inside Hartwell had marked them damaged.
That person was Grant Pierce, regional quality director.
Not family.
Not dramatic.
A competent employee with gambling debt.
He altered damage records.
Voss paid him.
Vanessa knew only that “someone inside” helped.
She did not know the name.
Grant Pierce cooperated after arrest.
The scheme had existed before Vanessa.
Voss had been stealing small quantities for years.
Vanessa became a convenient laundering channel because her household accounts looked insignificant relative to my wealth.
That was smart.
And exactly why controls matter even when amounts seem small.
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Rich people often ignore numbers that would alarm everyone else.
Criminals know that.
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Chapter 14 - VANESSA DID NOT COME HOMEOur marriage ended.
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