Their new Cliff Drive guest home housed two Geri Care employees for minimal cost. They exuded energy and devotion to each other. It was not uncommon during a meeting to have Pegye give a blushing Eric a small present, such as a poem. A friend from Dexter who eventually went to work for Pegye invited the couple for dinner and watched as they arrived in a new red Corvette that Pegye had rented to celebrate Eric s birthday. Things aren t always what they appear.
Money can hide a lot of stuff.
That s how plastic surgeons get rich. Prosecutor Deborah Lloyd pointed out in her closing remarks that 22,000 pages of financial statements showed that Pegye kept her money separate from Eric and that when she gave money to Eric, she called it a loan. Whether that was because Pegye was selfish, didn t think Eric was smart enough to handle money or thought he couldn t be trusted as many Geri Care employees believed isn t clear. She ran the meetings, hired personnel and controlled the company s billing. The company s success was due largely to her questionable billing practices, especially when it came to Medicare.