SECTION ONE
PERPETRATORS
I’m pretty sure Rita Crundwell hates me. I don’t know this for a fact, but I suspect it’s true. I understand it. I—a mere accounting professor!—exposed her crimes to an international audience. I’ve made a career out of her. If I were her, I’d hate me too.
Rita and I have never actually spoken. I reached out once with a handwritten letter on beautiful stationery. I thought if I wrote it by hand, she might feel more compelled to respond. She must have told her brother because a few days later, on January 22, 2018, a text popped up on my phone. It was from a man named Richard Humphrey. He told me that he would be happy to get me an interview with his sister—provided I could get then-president Donald Trump to pardon her. ...
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