> I don't quite get how the loss could have such an effect. The main damage to the business was the revealing of the fraud and driving away the people who were

> I don't quite get how the loss could have such an effect. The main damage to the business was the revealing of the fraud and driving away the people who were going to buy it. Nobody is going to stick around for years waiting for court proceedings to finish up to complete a purchase of a small business - they’ll just find something else.