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We settled on a straightforward definition—the abuse of public office for private gain. to governments and supports government policies, programs, and projects. At the other end of the scale is petty theft of items such as office equipment and of developing and implementing public policies that promote social welfare.
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Her scheme might have gone on unnoticed but she also had a poor attendance record. While I was firing her for misuse of agency resources, etc. She was eventually prosecuted for this larger fraud she perpetrated. We never lost any money because of her schemes but vendors she conned did.
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We were happy to see her taken to account for a career of deception and theft. We were just one of her victims — she also scammed for-profit businesses — car dealer, apartment complex, etc. If our thief had had a better attendance record, she might have done some real damage. I am an Executive Director of a NFP that has a 3 member board, consultant and bookkeeper all controlled by the board president. I have some concerns with their spending. It is high, believe me. The bookkeeper is her friend and paid employee.
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So is one of the board members. All of the concerns I have are directly related to their actions. To give one example, when they travel to Mexico, where our project is located, they stay in nice hotels, eat well, and then accept dollars a day in addition to these expenses. They do not need the dollars for rental cars or any other incidentals.
What would I do in this case? Who do I turn to and how do I request an internal audit or compliance audit, when to do so could mean my termination? And in our Whistleblower policy, it states that I would report to the Board President or staff would report to me. It was not accepted very well.
If anyone has any insight on this, Please advise. Is it embezzlement to take funds from a non-profit to pay for a volunteers illicit drug use or to buy expensive coffee machines for friends without reimbursement? I thought my former organization was the only one that had a problem with an ED who took money because he "deserved it.
Now I see this is not actually not just our own dysfunction, but some sort of rampant nonprofit disease and dangerous sense of entitlement.
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This expectation and attitude of equity creates conflict between managing the organization to achieve mission and managing it to pay back the "debt" to staff. The old timers see it that they built the organization, put in their time, sacrificed their health, their automobiles, their life and now they want their due. The newbies see them sucking off vitally needed funds, mismanaging resources, putting themselves first. They believe THEY are the ones who are working hard and making the organization what is right now.
In fact they are working too hard since they are underfunded. Make it clear they have to do their jobs for the wage they are paid because they want to, without any expectation of future benefits. Hope that made sense. Very good article with a lot of practical advice and support simply by the talking out of known instances and experiences.
The multiple former employees and now likely this former member are validated by many who are aware of these acts but the board that governs this individual remains filled with apathy and in a number of cases, fear of reprisal from this individual. This organization has a national presence and literally most every town in the nation has one.
Yet, there is no abuse oversight of the individual boards. There also does not appear to be any governing entity, other than tax governship, that oversees all C-3 or affiliated status organizations, on the level of the general public being able to to report known or suspected abuse. My opinion is that the treasurer volunteer or staff should not be a check signer and should not have the authority or access to make changes to your bank or investment accounts.
People should also be aware of the relationship between embezzlement and gambling addiction. Many times gambling addiction is the cause of embezzlement.
Our agency is not for or against legal gambling. We advocate for resources to provide treatment, education and prevention. Of additional concern is the number of gambling venues operated by nonprofits to raise money without understanding the implications of people with problem gambling issues.
I am not advocating that nonprofits stop this form of fund raising. I am advocating that nonprofit fundraisers are aware of the signs of problem gamblers at their venues and provide information about the warning signs and where to get help. It is our social responsibility. An executive director that does no oversight provides the opportunity. It only takes some common sense. Ruth Crane ruth embezzlement. The problem of nonprofit embezzlement far exceeds that which is illustrated in the thoughtful article.
Most want top deny that this is a problem, but studies of confidence in the charitable sector point this issue up. Contributions adjusted for inflation have not increased in that time. Gary Snyder. For example, I have many friends in the advertising and financial biz who openly benefit from expensive trips, dinners, retreats, spa treatments etc.
None of this gets counted as fraud in the for-profit sector. Just business development. Want to make other nonprofits aware of a vulnerability I unfortunately just managed my way thru. Having just taken over a new organization, I was still in my first year of "kicking over the rocks" and finding out what was underneath.
Nothing in my twenty plus years of experience had prepared me for the out of state call from the Financial Crimes Division of the State Police 5 states away that i received. There, they were being scanned into a computer, manipulated just enough and carefully reproduced and recashed as part of a larger fraudulent check cashing ring. This had been going on for two years before I came. When the detective busted up the ring and got a search warrant, they found boxes of our donors checks…many waiting to be "cashed"…others waiting to be scanned.
The immediate reaction to not want to "tell" your donors is something I think everyone goes thru — but knowing that our donors trust ultimately rests in our hands means we absolutely had to be honest. No question. We notified every donor by certified mail, followed up with personal phone calls, put in background checks on all employees, and reviewed our policies on how we handle donor checks and how they are secured. While it is impossible to protect against every vulnerability, increasingly checks and balances need to be reviewed and revised and always watched carefully.
Our donors have been wonderful.
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Many have experienced identity theft and expressed appreciation for our efforts to reach out to them Taking the high road and dealing with this with integrity and honesty was absolutely the best policy for our organization. If it is just a pencil taken from the office to be used at home or thousands of dollars taken for personal use — both are embezzlement and cannot be overlooked.
Nonprofits have a special responsibility to the public because of the trust that the public gives them. This means we must be overly diligent in protecting that trust and if we find that anyone associated with the organization is embezzeling anything we need to act immediately and decisively. N Scott.
Under types of embezzlement you forgot a really big one Credit Card fraud. I have personally seen company cards be used for personal expenses. Everything from food to hotel stays. Sad but true.