Chapter 5 - Victoria Was Not the Only Hidden Expense
The bracelet was only the easiest purchase to recognize.
There were others.
A $14,800 weekend in St. Barts categorized as:
Investor Development Travel.
No investors attended.
A $9,600 designer handbag booked as:
Private Dining Textiles.
A $21,000 apartment deposit recorded as:
Temporary Executive Housing.
The apartment was for Victoria.
Then came restaurant vendors.
Those were more serious.
Alejandro repeatedly paid a company called VHX Hospitality Consulting.
Over eighteen months:
$312,000.
VHX was legally owned by Victoria’s brother.
Some consulting work had genuinely been performed.
But nowhere near $312,000 worth.
About $127,000 of the payments lacked adequate work product or supporting documentation.
Elena did not immediately call it theft.
Neither did the forensic accountant.
There were legitimate invoices mixed with questionable ones.
That made the situation messier.
And more believable.
But it also showed why Alejandro had been desperate during the divorce.
His company was not simply struggling.
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It had been carrying personal spending through business accounts while breaching loan restrictions.
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