“The hitch is that the moment we wired the money out of the account in Rhode Island, we were on a clock.
But how did Cottar-McCann know where the money was? If it was a business loan, how would Cottar-McCann have access to the bank account of Brian's corporation, Alden Minerals, Ltd.? Also, couldn’t they have formed another fake company that they would have a legitimate reason for transferring the money to?

