- 17 - Date of Check Payee Amount February 19, 1996 James Cavness $150 February 23, 1996 Phil Villaume 1,000 April 2, 1996 James Cavness 200 April 11, 1996 James Cavness 7,000 Total $8,350 Petitioner used Weavewood’s February and April 1996 checks either to make payments for petitioner’s personal expenses or to make payments to a nominee of petitioner. In this connection, at the time petitioner signed Weavewood’s February and April 1996 checks, Mr. Cavness was a personal friend of petitioner. More- over, at the time petitioner signed Weavewood’s February and April 1996 checks, Mr. Villaume was an attorney practicing in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota, who during the years at issue had performed personal legal services on behalf of peti- tioner and whom Weavewood had not employed during any of those years. Weavewood’s Checks That Were Payable to Petitioner On July 12, 1996, the day on which Weavewood terminated petitioner, petitioner signed without Weavewood’s authorization and later negotiated the following checks (collectively, Weavewood’s July 12, 1996 checks) that were payable to petitioner and drawn on Weavewood’s checking account: Date of Check Amount July 12, 1996 $16,000 July 12, 1996 16,750 Total $32,750Page: Previous 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Next
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