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Posted by Teddy on 8/13/2009, 10:38 pm
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It's bloody well taken long enough, but finally my predecessor, the chief exec of a 25-year-old and highly respected cancer charity has been arrested, charged, interviewed and bailed on 2 counts of theft.
I've been in post since December last year and got wind that something was up in late January and it's taken since then to prove the financial facts, and get the necessary evidence together for the police to charge her. Meanwhile there's been little fundraising and no real planning and development going on - that all comes next!
I can't believe that any board of Trustees would be naieve enough to let someone get away with what she has. Making extra bank transfers to her account, over and above payroll, cashing cheques and using the charity credit card to withdraw cash which then 'disappears', and a charity raising 7,000 per year, spending 1,200 and only banking 1,300??? A Treasurer raising the issues, and being discredited by her to the extent where his only choice was to resign from the Board. Previous staff sacked because of financial irregularities which look now like they were probably due to her.
On top of all that, it looks like she's also had money from some of the (very vulnerable) clients of the charity, and even tried it on with staff.
The good of it is that they've charged her (so we found enough evidence), and they've taken away her passport so she can't do a runner to the far-off land where her daughter lives. The bad of it is that a sister charity who've had a similar problem haven't seen any resolution yet - three years on.
Settling in for the long run....
Teddy
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