The Fairground Ledger: How One File Exposed a $41,200 Scam
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The Fairground Ledger: How One File Exposed a $41,200 Scam
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Fear that a trusted local face stole your livelihood - sixty-three cashed checks, a waterproof file pulled from a river, and $41,200 that vanished from a county fair before anyone noticed; who was holding the ledger and why were refunds missing? What happened to the money and who engineered the scheme?
In this episode, we tell how routine accounting work and a fisherwoman’s find converged to reveal a multi-year confidence scheme at the Mercer Flats fair, following the evidence from a missing ledger to the man at the center of vendor relations and the notebook that kept the story alive.
Person: Gordon Cook
Event: Mercer Flats county fair vendor applications and holding-fee scheme
Date: February 2011 (file found); 2010 (transactions)
Location: Aldine River / Hendrick's Mill bridge / Mercer Flats
Person: Shannon Evans
- 63 vendor applications and 63 cashed checks were sealed in a waterproof accordion file pulled from the Aldine River.
- Vendor holding fees ranged from $150 in cash (Linda Mason) to between $350 and $600 for official application fees.
- The fair had 31 fixed booth spaces printed on the vendor brochure since 2003; 63 applicants were documented for the 2010 cycle.
- Gordon Cook’s records showed 63 holding-fee transactions in 2010, with roughly 12 paid in cash and no corresponding ledger entries.
- A cash deposit of approximately $9,000 was found in a personal savings account in Portsmith with no ledger entry or authorization.
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