We met the lawyer that afternoon.
She reviewed the loan documents, the messages, the bank correspondence, and the voicemail recording.
She explained that we needed to preserve the original files and avoid altering them, and she recommended that I submit a formal identity theft report.
Kayla agreed to provide a statement about Daniel’s involvement.
For the first time, she seemed willing to face the consequences of what she had done.
But the lawyer noticed something in the documents that none of us had considered.
The forged authorization referred to a previous account number belonging to a savings account I had closed years earlier.
“How did the applicant obtain this information?” she asked.
I frowned.
“I don’t know.
I haven’t used that account in years.”
“Did you keep the old statements?”
“Probably.
Somewhere.”
Andrew shook his head.
“We shredded most of the paper statements when we moved.”
The lawyer tapped the page.
