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When the money was returned by Dathomir AVZ specifically requested to the court that the funds be placed into escrow.

When money is placed in escrow by a court order, it is held by a neutral third party (bank or an escrow company) until the dispute is resolved or until all parties agree on the distribution of the funds. No-one would have access to those funds without a court order, neither AVZ or their legal counsel.

This AVZ announcement refers to the company’s escrow account. A court or for 20 million wouldn't let the money be placed in an account that one party could access. That would totally defeat the purpose of having the money in escrow while the dispute is resolved.

The only way this makes sense is if the money taken from the company’s escrow account wasn’t connected to the funds returned from Dathomir. People assume it’s the same money, but the company never said that. It could just be their legal counsel was helping themselves or paying fake invoices out of the company’s operating accounts.