I searched through our joint profile and found a high-limit credit card Brandon had opened a year earlier under the excuse that he wanted to accumulate travel rewards.
The balance was maxed out.
More than $65,000.
The statement showed expensive steakhouses, luxury hotels, high-end electronics stores, cash advances, and thousands of dollars spent on online sports-betting apps.
But the worst discovery came when I pulled my own credit report.
There was an active personal loan for $90,000 in both of our names.
I had never signed for that loan.
I looked at Claire in horror.
“There’s a ninety-thousand-dollar personal loan here with my signature on it.”
She stared at the screen.
“Did you ever sign anything for this lender?”
“No.”
“Did you approve the loan?”
“No. I didn’t even know this loan existed until this exact second.”
Claire took a deep breath.
“Then this stopped being a simple divorce case a long time ago. This is straight-up fraud.”
