Steve (Slick) Willy, 45, just got out of jail. As a reformed citizen on parole, Slick decides to go into
business for himself. He starts a collections company to help companies collect debts. The terms of
his parole stipulate that he pay restitution payments to the federal government of $400 a month, or
10 percent of his income, whichever is greater. As his parole officer, you notice that after a year out
of jail, Slick makes some interesting purchases. First, he buys a new Jaguar, which he drives to parole
meetings. Second, he moves into an expensive neighborhood on the north side of town and takes a
cruise to Jamaica with his 19-year-old girlfriend. Yet, he has never been late making his $400 monthly
payments to the federal government. After obtaining a subpoena for his bank records, you notice that
he has only $1,000 in his account. About this time, you receive a call from a man who is making
payments to Slick’s collection company. He states that Slick is threatening to break his legs and hurt
his family if he doesn’t pay Slick’s company. The man says Slick demands the checks be made out to
a woman, not a company.
This complaint convinces you to investigate Mr. Willy and his girlfriend. A search of UCC filings in the
county shows that Slick’s girlfriend owns three cars costing a total of $90,000, a $250,000 house, and
a company called Tak’It From You. You check her bank account and see that more than $50,000 is
moving through the account each month. You decide to dig through Slick and his girlfriend’s trash a
few times each month. In these searches, you find evidence that supports the following: three car
payments totaling $1,000 per month; a $1,500 monthly mortgage payment; a credit card balance of
$6,000, with $100 monthly payments; a balance of $12,000 owed to Home Shopping Network, with
$500 monthly payments; $400 food payments during the past two weeks; and a $3,500 payment to
Jamaican Cruise Lines. After searching the girlfriend’s trash, you talk to her neighbors, friends, and
coworkers and determine that she and Slick spend between $1,500 and $2,000 a month on
miscellaneous items and trips. One neighbor tells you that Slick just gave his girlfriend a diamond
ring that cost $3,000. Slick’s girlfriend works as a waitress at a small restaurant and makes only
$15,000 a year. (Note: Assume that both Slick and his girlfriend’s net worth last year were zero.)Uselast year were zero.)Use this information to prepare a net worth analysis of Slick’s girlfriend. (Ignore interest in your calculations.)
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