Chapter 7 - The Interrogation and Indictment
On Thursday, Preston tried to flee the country.
Federal marshals intercepted him at a private airfield outside the city as he attempted to board a chartered flight to the Cayman Islands. In his carry-on luggage, agents found three flash drives containing offshore account numbers and physical bearer bonds totaling twelve million dollars—funds embezzled directly from employee pension accounts.
The arrest was broadcast live on local news.
The footage showed Preston in handcuffs, screaming obscenities at the cameras, his expensive designer coat dragging in the gravel as federal agents pushed him into the back of an unmarked SUV.
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My father did not post bail. Stripped of his liquidity and abandoned by his legal team, Richard Whitcomb sat in a federal holding facility, realizing that his golden empire had been built on glass.
The investigation expanded rapidly. Dozens of middle-management executives turned state’s evidence, pointing directly to Richard and Preston as the masterminds behind the safety violations and financial fraud.
