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Late last December, a private investigator working for the law firm staked out the home of Mr. Millard's daughter Barbara, a former ComputerLand president, near Orlando, Fla.
After 20 Years, Missing CEO Reappears Robert Frank 2011
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Everett Collection A Computerland advertisement from the 1970s Still, they say, they have started closing in on dozens of trusts and accounts they believe contain pieces of Mr. Millard's fortune.
After 20 Years, Missing CEO Reappears Robert Frank 2011
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On Aug. 3, however, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. sent a copy of a subpoena and gag order to one of Mr. Millard's daughters, according to lawyers and to documents filed in federal court in New York and Florida.
After 20 Years, Missing CEO Reappears Robert Frank 2011
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An attorney for Mr. Millard's two daughters declined to comment.
After 20 Years, Missing CEO Reappears Robert Frank 2011
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Over the years, commonwealth officials picked up traces of Mr. Millard's movements in Singapore, Ireland, Brussels, Hong Kong and the Caymans, but "we did not have any verifiable information" on his whereabouts, said Benigno Fitial, governor of the Northern Mariana Islands.
After 20 Years, Missing CEO Reappears Robert Frank 2011
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Mr. Millard's unorthodox management style and lavish spending, which included a million-dollar company-sponsored plan to fight world hunger, eventually led to his departure from ComputerLand.
After 20 Years, Missing CEO Reappears Robert Frank 2011
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The charismatic college dropout built ComputerLand into the largest computer retailing chain in the 1970s and 1980s, with some 800 stores, and Mr. Millard's stake was valued by investment bankers at one point at $1 billion or more.
After 20 Years, Missing CEO Reappears Robert Frank 2011
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But when Millard's face turned white, students knew it was no joke.
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The attorneys say Mr. Millard's strategy appears to have been to sprinkle his wealth among as many different far-flung accounts as possible and allow the money to trickle back in small amounts.
After 20 Years, Missing CEO Reappears Robert Frank 2011
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The Millard's half-built castle in Saipan sits abandoned.
After 20 Years, Missing CEO Reappears Robert Frank 2011
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