My Brother Bragged About Becoming Partner. He Didn’t Know the Investor Was Already Sitting There.

recorded, witnessed meeting. To a regulated investment firm whose compliance officer”—I gestured to Sterling—”is currently logging every step.”

Arthur dropped the pen he’d been fiddling with. It clattered on the table, the sound absurdly loud.

“Wire fraud,” I said. “Minimum sentence: up to twenty years, depending on the amount and circumstances. Plus continue reading …