When Webster demanded that Livent’s accountants provide him with unrestricted access to the company’s accounting records, the former KPMG partner became the target of Drabinsky’s wrath. Drabinsky accused Webster of attempting to “tear the company” apart with his persistent inquiries and told him that he was there to “service his [Drabinsky’s] requirements. Webster refused to be deterred by Drabinsky’s bullying tactics. In early August 1998, after Webster began asking questions regarding a suspicious transaction he had uncovered, Messina and four of her subordinates secretly met with him. The five accountants admitted to Webster that Livent’s accounting records had been distorted by a series of fraudulent schemes initated and coordinated by Drabinsky and other top Livent executives.