- 12 - Cash receipts or cash from the negotiation of checks was turned over to petitioners. Cash was kept in the receptionist's desk drawer; if a large amount accumulated, Mr. Gandy put it in the safe at petitioners' residence. At the end of the day, any cash remaining in the drawer would be given to petitioners. Mrs. Gandy sometimes used cash from the drawer to buy groceries, putting in a receipt in order to account for the day's transactions to Mr. Gandy each night. The office did not have a safe or alarm system. Money that was put into the safe at petitioners’ residence was not returned to the office. Sometimes, Mr. Gandy would make cash payments to the laborers from the money at the residence. Some of petitioners' household bills were paid from the nursery bank account. When paying utility bills that included both the nursery and their residence, Mrs. Gandy would indicate in the nursery checkbook what amount was for their residence. Petitioners wrote a check from the nursery bank account to themselves every few weeks and deposited it into their personal checking account for living expenses; the amounts of those checks usually were $1,000, $1,500, or $2,000. During 1985 through 1987, the total amounts that petitioners withdrew from the nursery bank account for deposit into their personal checking account were:Page: Previous 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Next
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