The government rested its case Tuesday evening in the embezzlement trial of Atlanta lawyer Nathan Hardwick IV after calling a potentially key witness: Fidelity National Finance executive Erika Meinhardt.

Meinhardt testified that Hardwick, a Fidelity title agent, sought an additional $1.7 million personal loan under false pretenses from the title insurer just as millions in escrow account shortfalls were discovered at his now-defunct residential real estate firm, Morris Hardwick Schneider. Fidelity ended up spending $29.5 million to cover the shortfalls.