Officer Daniels confirmed that investigators were considering exactly that.
Rachel Cole’s statement helped reconstruct what had happened.
Years earlier, Victor Lane had become frustrated when Mobility Bridge’s restricted grants forced him to reject families in desperate circumstances.
He and several employees created an unauthorized assistance account.
Thomas, working briefly as an outside consultant, discovered it.
Instead of immediately reporting them, he reviewed the cases.
Every dollar had gone toward legitimate mobility needs.
Thomas argued that the program had to become transparent.
Victor Lane feared donors would terminate contracts.
For a brief period, Thomas reluctantly helped them restructure transactions while pushing the board to create a lawful emergency fund.
It was poor governance.
It violated policies.
But investigators found no evidence Thomas personally benefited.
Then something changed.
Aaron Pike discovered the concealed accounting system.
Perhaps others did too.
False invoices began appearing that were not linked to emergency families.
