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Damages-to-Counts Crosswalk

Damages-to-Counts Crosswalk — $SURCHARGE → Criminal Charges

This bridges the civil damages schedule ($SURCHARGE.xlsx, built for the probate mediations) to the criminal referral (2026.06.13 Imhof Criminal Allegations v2) and the 2026.06.15 Charge-Stacking Theory — Theft Counts Against JWI. Same facts, two forums — this note keeps the dollar figures reconciled across both.

Mediation snapshots (the workbook's own totals)

SnapshotLines 1–35Lines 36–41Total
Mediation #1 — Nov 19, 2024$7,862,000$9,200$7,871,200
Mediation #2 — Feb 27, 2025$9,625,567.84$69,643$9,695,210.84
May 2025 working$8,475,792.82$237,350.52$8,713,143.34
These are civil surcharge figures (damages to make the Trust whole), not the criminal theft amount. They overlap but are not identical — the criminal aggregate is the subset of takings (not punitive/treble or breach-of-duty intangibles). Don't merge the two numbers.

The "Errrbody's Crimes" tally (Overview tab)

The workbook's own count of alleged offenses, by class, for Justin Imhof:

Class 2Class 3Class 4Class 5Class 6M-1M-2Total
Justin Imhof41916868768

(Teresa and Jamie Imhof mirror Justin at 68 each; the workbook also tallies TBK/Tyson Mann 22, Kelly Hansen 32, Hannah Mann 17, others.) Total offenses alleged across all actors: 254 felony + 67 misdemeanor. Our charge-stacking note narrows this to the cleanest, best-documented counts against JWI for the referral.


Crosswalk: surcharge line → criminal count

$SUR #Damage (Jan 2025 value)What it isCriminal hookTheft tier*
3.0$117,797.482013 BigIron equipment auction proceeds booked as "asset" then written offtheft / tax fraudC3 ($100k–$1M)
7.0$361,619.942015 — $335k mortgage on free-and-clear Trust land to fund Justin's 480-ac purchase, never repaidtheft (§18-4-401)C3
10.0$78,977.682021 — two Zimmatic pivots on 100%-Trust Section 5 land, depreciated on someone else's returntax fraud / theftC4 ($20k–$100k)
11.0$578,207.812021 — $850k mortgage refinancing six parcels for Justin's sole benefit, never repaidtheft (§18-4-401)C3
16.0$350,654.05federal subsidies for Trust land written 100% to Justin (see 16.x EWG tabs)theft of public/Trust benefitC3
17.0 / 17b / 17c$442,676.55 (Sprague admission) + $160,726.53 (Sec 17, 2021) + $35,413.53 (interest)2023 WashCo land exchange — Justin "deeds himself, to himself, from himself"theft / breachC2 floor
19.0$1,754,350.95 (up to $4.49M)reasonable back rents 2013→2024 never paid to Trusttheft by withholdingC3→C2
20.0 / 21.0 / 23.0$81,981 + $23,100 + $107,025Schedule "A" equipment leased/used/disposed (incl. the Case IH Patriot sprayer at Justin's residence)theft of chattelsC4/C5
25.0$391,203.92scholarship fund ($150k available day-one, withheld 12 yrs)theft / breach of trustC3
2b$721,968.592013 crops in storage, never accountedtheftC3

\ Tier = CRS 18-4-401 value class if charged as discrete theft. See 2026.06.15 Charge-Stacking Theory — Theft Counts Against JWI for the aggregate-Class-2-vs-discrete-Class-3 election.*

The $36,500 round-trips are NOT in the $SUR schedule

The three $36,500 checks (ck#1017/1031/1038) are a criminal-only thread — they net to zero on the Trust ledger, so they create no civil surcharge (no net loss to the Trust). But criminally they are forgery (§18-5-102) and unauthorized control / course-of-conduct (§18-4-401(4)(b)) evidence. This is exactly why they live in the criminal referral, not the damages schedule. See 2026.06.15 The $36,500 Round-Trip — Checks 1031 & 1038.


Reconciliations this crosswalk resolves

  1. The $4.27M vs $2.8M/$1.8M discrepancy (old open loop): $SUR #17 states it plainly — Sprague outlined Justin taking $2.8MM of hand-picked WashCo land and leaving $1.8MM to the Trust (≈$4.6MM total exchange; Ch.3's "$4.27M" is the total exchange figure), with a $442,676.55 net equalization due. Ch.3's $4.27M = total; ICAv2's $2.8M/$1.8M = the split; $442,676.55 = the net. Same transaction, three granularities. Resolved — not a contradiction.
  2. IRS §1031 vs ck#1031 (recurring confusion): $SUR #32 (Devin's damages) references "continuing the 1031 transaction after Bill Eskew died and finalizing it a week after his funeral" — that is the IRS §1031 like-kind exchange (the 2023 WashCo↔Logan Condon Ranch swap), finalized Jan 2024 (Bill died 1/4/2024). Wholly distinct from bank check #1031 (the 2018 $36,500 check). Confirmed separate, again.
  3. The 2021 pivots ($146k) vs surcharge #10: the workbook's #10 value was revised down to $78,977.68 — the note explains the original full-taxable-value figure was a "48-hour pre-mediation" over-estimate. Our ledger work shows the $146k netted to zero against the Trust (Lewis funded it); the surcharge is the depreciation/asset value placed on the wrong tax return, not the $146k cash. Two different things — keep them separate. See 2026.06.15 Section 17 — How 560ac Reached Justin.

Additional criminal hooks flagged in the workbook (Overview tab)

To-do