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"Where's the other $100K?"

As mentioned in the article, there were two accounts: a 401k and a Roth. The $14k was for one, the rest was the other.

"It also strikes me as so weird that they expected Mr. Handy to essentially be the middleman to receive checks he couldn't cash."

As mentioned in the article, that is standard practice, and has been for a very long time.

"There are a lot of things in your article that don't add up."

You didn't read the article closely enough.