A Bangor accountant who has been missing since Sept. 16 was scheduled to meet with Attorney General Michael Carpenter on the day of his disappearance.

According to a prepared statement released Wednesday night by a private investigator, Roderick N. Hotham failed to keep a 5 p.m. appointment with the attorney general on that day to discuss, among other things, “the dymanics of the information that has been generated in this case the past five months.”

Hotham is under investigation for bank fraud by federal authorities and is the subject of two lawsuits, one regarding the ownership of Beal College in Bangor, the other brought by a Bangor physician and his wife who say he cheated them out of $1.3 million.

Tim Leture, director of Executive Security and Investigation in Bangor, said in the statement that Hotham was concerned about his safety and that of his immediate family.

“Shortly after the start of an FBI investigation and civil litigation, Hotham reported many instances of inferred threats and numerous conversations with individuals stating that immediate harm was in store for him and his family,” according to the statement.

Leture said that Hotham has had to relocate his immediate family on at least three occasions because of concerns for their safety.

According to Leture, Hotham had been speaking with the Attorney General’s Office for two weeks before his disappearance during which he had given the office “a multitude of documentation.” Hotham was intending to provide additional documentation and information on the day he disappeared, according to Leture, who did not elaborate on the contents of the documents.

“The Attorney General’s Office was to meet with Mr. Hotham, and we have documents which we believe were from him,” Deputy Attorney General Stephen Wessler confirmed Wednesday.

Bangor police said earlier this week that there was no sign of foul play in the disappearance of the 39-year-old accountant.

Hotham’s family told police it was uncharacteristic of Hotham to vanish without saying where he would be, said Sgt. Roy McKinney, a Bangor detective.

“There’s no evidence of foul play at this point,” said McKinney. Hotham has a home in Bangor but sometimes stayed at the Stucco Lodge in Veazie, said McKinney. The motel is owned by a corporation in Hotham’s name.

“Do not rule out foul play,” said Leture, who filed a missing person’s report on Hotham with the Bangor Police Department on Sept. 18.

Leture said Hotham last was seen wearing a white shirt and tie, a navy blue sports jacket and light blue dress pants. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 220 pounds, has brown hair, brown eyes and wears glasses. He last was seen driving a 1986 dark blue Dodge Caravan.