Posted on 10/06/2006 9:33:02 AM PDT by rface
NEW YORK - Two former executives at a government-funded youth organization whose finances were scrutinized after it diverted money to the liberal radio network Air America were charged Thursday with misappropriating $1.2 million of the non-profit’s funds.
Charles Rosen, a former executive director at the Gloria Wise Community Center, and his former assistant director, Jeffrey Aulenbach, face charges of grand larceny and obstructing governmental administration. Rosen was also charged with forgery.
New York City’s Department of Investigation, which investigated the nonprofit for two years, said the men improperly took more than $290,000 from the organization for their personal use, on top of their already unusually large salaries.
The money - described in the non-profit’s books as business expenses - went to pay for home renovations and furnishings and new cars, among other things, according to a Department of Investigation report released Thursday.
City investigators said the pair also improperly transferred $875,000 to Air America, which was co-founded by one of Gloria Wise’s executives.
At the time, the Gloria Wise center ran a school and youth programs in the Bronx, and was affiliated with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, but most of its money came from government grants and contracts.
The public disclosure of the club’s “loan” to Air America prompted heavy criticism and charges of hypocrisy from conservative commentators in 2005.
Air America blamed the transaction on its former chairman, Evan Montvel-Cohen, who was ousted in 2004 amid questions over the validity of his investments in the network.
The radio network has since repaid the money. Under a recent agreement, the bulk of it was returned to New York City agencies. Some was returned to the Gloria Wise organization, which reorganized, took on new management and continues to operate a nursery school program.
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Where's Nelson from The Simpsons?
Air America should be prosecuted.
Cool!
Great post - let's keep it bumped...
Leftist scumbag alert!!
I'm sure this will be all over the front pages of the NY Times and WaPo (yeah, right), because they are soooooooooo "concerned about the children" whose money was stolen. Tell Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, et al, because we know they are all so "concerned about the children".........
Isn't Al Franken directly involved too?
This happens so ofen. I wonder if the web posting of appropriations required by the just-passed law will be detailed enough for the public to learn just how much of our tax money is going to such groups.
Bill O Reilly should cover this.
How sad.............LOL!
Well, it can't be wrong. It wasn't done by Republicans.
The left is very adept in using our freedoms to destroy them and getting us to fund their efforts. As you suggest, this is just one small example. Another is the unions, both governmental and industrial. And of course they get free propaganda from the media.
All the while they scream about the "rich Republicans", Enron, etc., while they steal 10 times as much themselves.
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