If so, the photograph undid that attempt within four days.
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## The Investigation’s Findings on Money
The financial reconstruction was done by Cleveland Police’s asset recovery teams and eventually by the CPS. The figures that emerged were:
The life insurance policy—£250,000—was the primary claim. This money had been paid by Unat Direct Insurance Management and used, in part, to pay off the £130,000 mortgage on the Seaton Carew properties.
The teachers’ pension: £25,186 and £58,845 in documented payments.
Department for Work and Pensions benefits: £2,000 and £2,273.
Prison officer pension: the documentation available in public accounts doesn’t give a precise figure separate from the total.
The Seaton Carew properties were sold at various points, generating hundreds of thousands of pounds. The family home sold in October 2007 for £295,000. The bedsit house had been transferred to Mark and then sold, with proceeds going to Panama. These transfers were part of the money laundering charges that formed the second major category of Anne’s conviction.
Money was moved to Panama in amounts that one account described as approaching approximately $1 million overall—a figure that encompasses not just the fraud proceeds but the legitimate property sales as well, making it difficult to isolate the fraudulent element precisely. The Court of Appeal judgment notes that money was moved to Panama that included “about $1 million,” characterizing Anne as having “moved about $1 million to Panama”—this appears to include the property sales proceeds which formed part of the laundering charges.