Take one man, his wife, and his mistress, throw in a 30,000 square foot mansion, add a dose of federal charges (bank and wire fraud, tax conspiracy, money laundering, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice) and you get the latest novel from author—actually, you get the trial of Thomas Parenteau in Columbus, Ohio. The Department of Justice has obtained guilty pleas from 11 other individuals in this case; however, Mr. Parenteau is defending himself.
So far we’ve found out that the mistress, Pamela McCarty, is the mother of Mr. Parenteau’s two daughters; that all three lived in the same mansion; phony jobs and phony paychecks; allegations of $18 million in fraudulent loans…and the trial should last a couple more weeks.
