Sam Mullins

In a last-ditch effort to stop him from fleeing, Barb tipped off the police, saying plainly, He's flying on all these business trips with a briefcase filled with stolen funds. But they didn't act. And what Barb didn't realize was that Albert was planning on taking something much more valuable and precious than just her money.

As the holidays neared, the Staley's finally secured a meeting with Albert Walker. They had a prepared list of questions and copies of all the spreadsheets and correspondence that they were going to confront him with when he arrived at their home.

As the holidays neared, the Staley's finally secured a meeting with Albert Walker. They had a prepared list of questions and copies of all the spreadsheets and correspondence that they were going to confront him with when he arrived at their home.

At the scheduled start time of the meeting, Albert Walker was sitting in a first-class seat in a plane over the Atlantic. Every credit card he held was maxed out on jewelry and as many things of value he could carry on his person. His trusty briefcase, which he used to mule millions of his clients' dollars, sat beside him. His months of hard work were done.

At the scheduled start time of the meeting, Albert Walker was sitting in a first-class seat in a plane over the Atlantic. Every credit card he held was maxed out on jewelry and as many things of value he could carry on his person. His trusty briefcase, which he used to mule millions of his clients' dollars, sat beside him. His months of hard work were done.

He'd emptied every account he had access to. He remortgaged the family farmhouse and transferred every penny he could into untraceable Swiss accounts. In the years to come, left in his wake, there was heartbreak and carnage he would never fully understand.

He'd emptied every account he had access to. He remortgaged the family farmhouse and transferred every penny he could into untraceable Swiss accounts. In the years to come, left in his wake, there was heartbreak and carnage he would never fully understand.

Bob and Betty Staley had opted to keep most of their Walker financial concerns a secret from their children. But after being stood up by Walker and the initial rumblings they were hearing around the community, they feared the worst. My father said, Walker's left the country. They've left the country. What does that even mean? For the holidays? Is he coming back? No one could say for sure.

Bob and Betty Staley had opted to keep most of their Walker financial concerns a secret from their children. But after being stood up by Walker and the initial rumblings they were hearing around the community, they feared the worst. My father said, Walker's left the country. They've left the country. What does that even mean? For the holidays? Is he coming back? No one could say for sure.

The true meaning of his departure would arrive a few weeks later, January 15th, a day that Andy would never forget.

The true meaning of his departure would arrive a few weeks later, January 15th, a day that Andy would never forget.

All of Andy's family's and his uncle's money, the generational security, was gone.

All of Andy's family's and his uncle's money, the generational security, was gone.

In the coming days, Andy was barely able to keep it together. Losing his family's great blessing at the hands of their best friend was too bitter of a pill for Andy to swallow. He kept running it over in his head. I was just full of questions, full of questions. The more he thought about it, nothing made sense.

In the coming days, Andy was barely able to keep it together. Losing his family's great blessing at the hands of their best friend was too bitter of a pill for Andy to swallow. He kept running it over in his head. I was just full of questions, full of questions. The more he thought about it, nothing made sense.

People around Andy coped with the loss in different ways. Andy's sister seemed less phased than him and were able to move past it with relative ease. And his grandmother, the optimist, said it would all balance out in the end. My uncle was crushed. My uncle was crushed.

People around Andy coped with the loss in different ways. Andy's sister seemed less phased than him and were able to move past it with relative ease. And his grandmother, the optimist, said it would all balance out in the end. My uncle was crushed. My uncle was crushed.

Andy started being haunted by a vision. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw an evil cartoon face, delighting in his misery. Sneering at me all the time, laughing at me, how...

Andy started being haunted by a vision. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw an evil cartoon face, delighting in his misery. Sneering at me all the time, laughing at me, how...

Andy was brimming with anger about the money, about the betrayal. But the thing that kept the fire of his rage burning white-hot for years was what this ordeal had done to his father. Yeah, it ruined him.