August 7, 2003

Fighting Charity Fraud

By Brad Wolverton

Groups look for better ways to prevent employee theft

Ten days after Cathy Adcock became chief financial officer of the Capital Area United Way, in East Lansing, Mich., last December she noticed during an internal review that dozens of checks were missing from the organization's records. When the bank faxed her the checks, her heart started to race.

Each check was made out to Jacquelyn Allen-MacGregor, the organization's former vice president of finance, who had forged the names

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