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cnu-When I woke up from spinal surgery, I expected to see my parents waiting beside my hospital bed with flowers and tears, but instead a trust attorney stood at the foot of the bed and said, “Celestine, your parents transferred $31,247.83 out of your grandmother’s educational trust while you were under anesthesia” — and when he showed me the text my mother sent at 9:39 a.m., the seven words were colder than the operating room: “Do it now while she can’t check.”

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felony grand theft, unauthorized computer access, wire-related fraud allegations, and exploitation related to my incapacitated state during surgery. She was careful about what would likely stick, what might be dismissed in a plea, and what consequences were realistic.

“They may not go to prison,” she said. “First-time offenders, restitution already continue reading …

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