"Hays, 52, who has an MBA in finance from Georgia State University, has worked on about 15 Ponzi cases so far, first with his father William, and since 2001, in his own firm in Atlanta. The first thing he had to do in Parish’s case was to hire a security guard, call the locksmith to fix the locks and repair the burglar alarm.
“You gotta be quick,” said Hays. “If you don’t move quick, by the time you come back it will be gone.”