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Fear of getting caught doesn't stay in your head. It cost me 30 to 40 pounds, an engagement, my volunteer work, and the clients who gave me my start, years before anyone charged me. If you're living with that fear, talk to a lawyer and start taking care of yourself today.
Eight months of waiting for the phone
For the next eight or nine months, every time the phone rang, I thought it was my branch manager. They found the commissions. I'm fired. Merrill, Crowell Weedon, now Bear Stearns, and at 27 I'm out of the business.
When Kenny called, same thought. He knows.
I'd played baseball at USC. I put on 30 or 40 pounds and stopped exercising. I was engaged. I neglected her, and she left. I don't blame her. My father ran a hardware store near USC and hired men coming home from prison, and I had been part of that. I stopped giving anything to anyone.
I also stopped calling the people on Ventura Boulevard who had trusted me with their first $500,000 when I was a kid in a suit nobody had invited in.
What to do this week
Move your body for 30 minutes, then log it on your profile with what you did. Do it again tomorrow.
Questions people ask
Should I see a counselor while I'm worried about an investigation?
Many people do. Treatment you start on your own, before anyone orders it, can later be shared with probation if your lawyer agrees.
What can I do about the stress right now?
Move your body every day and log it. It's small, and it's the first entry in a record of how you spent this time.
Related: Dr. Nate Schott stopped sleeping after he learned he was a target. Before he did anything else, he got help from a professional who understood the system: Conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud federal charges
Read next: Part 6: Who Makes the Best Character Witness for Federal Sentencing?
Written by
Justin Paperny
Founder White Collar Advice
