At my baby shower when I was eight months pregnant, my friends raised $47,000 to help me with medical bills. As soon as my mom saw the donation box, she got greedy and tried to snatch my donation box right off the table.

victim.

I was a senior forensic accountant for the District Attorney’s office.

For six long years, I had meticulously tracked corporate fraud, exposed hidden offshore assets, busted stolen identities, and dismantled fake charity scams. I knew exactly, down to the psychological tick, how people behaved when they smelled large sums of money.

And my mother,continue reading …