In mid-August, Paulsen signed an agreement under which MetroLink agreed to pay $500,000 up front and $92,592 a month to Orion’s newest Cayman affiliate, Hightower Investments.17 Mann took its name from the street where his horse farm was located. In exchange for MetroLink’s payments, Orion took responsibility for its past-due $5 million MCI tab.18 That meant Hennessy would make MetroLink’s debt vanish from MCI’s books. Paulsen also signed an agreement for Manatee to control MetroLink’s revenue via Rapid Advance. Manatee then advanced MetroLink $754,573 to pay Orion, MCI, and its other bills.19
