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Chapter 19 - The forged acknowledgment
The ugliest document surfaced later.
Draft shareholder consent.
Signature line:
Lena Prescott Mercer
Under it:
Conflict reviewed with beneficiary; informed consent confirmed.
My electronic signature image appeared on one version.
I had not signed it.
Ryan said:
“It was a draft.”
The metadata showed his executive assistant inserted the image after Ryan told her:
“Use Lena’s standard signature for circulation copy.”
The assistant believed it was not final.
No filing had occurred yet.
That distinction mattered.
Ryan had prepared a misleading consent.
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But it had not been submitted as completed shareholder action before the scheme unraveled.
The conduct supported attempted fraud and falsification theories more cleanly than completed transaction fraud.
