He indicated a notation I’d overlooked throughout the intervening years.
One payment authorization carried an administrative identifier: MH-17.
It belonged to Monica.
“At trial they said that code only showed who entered the transaction,” I remembered.
“That may be true. That’s why we need the original records, not conclusions drawn from a copy.”
Russell instructed me to reconstruct the entire sequence of events.
Back at Opal’s house, I spent three evenings organizing hospital visits, conversations, payment dates, and other relevant records.
Eventually, a contradiction emerged.
According to the prosecution’s records, I’d approved an $89,000 transfer at 11:43 a.m. on June 18, 2021.
But that day I’d accompanied Loretta to a medical procedure. I distinctly recalled Trevor asking me to give Monica my phone so she could resolve a payroll issue.
Nearly two hours passed before Monica returned it.
That didn’t conclusively demonstrate misuse of my banking credentials, but it identified a possible method.
