The Freezer Bag on the Pole: How $61,000 Vanished from Sycamore Bend
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The Freezer Bag on the Pole: How $61,000 Vanished from Sycamore Bend
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A freezer bag sealed around a bank statement hung fifteen feet up on a utility pole - inside, the escrow balance read $3,000 where state law required closer to $45,000-$90,000; sixty-one thousand dollars was missing, and the bag was the only clue that wouldn't let go. Who moved the money, and why was a paper trail left dangling in the rain?
In this episode, we follow the timeline of deposits, inspections, and transfers that left Sycamore Bend residents exposed, and we ask how routine regulatory windows and internal account movements allowed the shortfall to persist; could the legal notice period have been exploited deliberately?
Person: Dawn Andrews
Date: July 9, 2019
Location: Sycamore Bend, Wabash County
Account balance shown: $3,000
Missing amount: $61,000
- Sycamore Bend had 112 occupied lots subject to required escrow deposits.
- Escrow deposits per lot ranged between $400 and $800, implying $45,000-$90,000 should have been held.
- Richardson opened the escrow account in January 2016 with an initial $3,000 deposit.
- Four county inspections occurred on Mar 2017, Oct 2017, Aug 2018, and Feb 2019 with 48 hours' notice required.
- Transfers from Wabash Property Services into the escrow account were made days before inspections and moved out again within 30-60 days, leaving about $3,000 each time.
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