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Three business partners were stunned to learn their controller of five years had embezzled approximately USD200,000 from their small technology firm. The attorney for the embezzler called and notified them the controller was resigning effective immediately and they had no hope of recovering any of the money. Such news would have had serious financial repercussions for any small firm. But, the attorney's revelation of the embezzlement came at a particularly tenuous time because the partners were in negotiations to sell their company. The partners wanted to report the former controller to the district attorney with hopes she would be prosecuted for fraud. Yet, they knew having the embezzlement become public likely would jeopardize the sale of their firm. With hindsight, the partners knew they had given the controller too many responsibilities with no internal controls and little supervision. They wanted answers to questions about exactly how she perpetrated the fraud, but they had a more immediate concern. What steps should they take right now?