The co-founder and volunteer treasurer of an Oregon Christian charity killed himself earlier this month after being accused of transferring more than $1-million from the organization to his private and business accounts, The Register-Guard, of Eugene, reports.
Dennis Solin, 61, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound near a Eugene mortuary June 2, a few minutes after he’d called 911 to report that someone had committed suicide there. State authorities and the FBI were investigating a string of withdrawals he’d made from the Life Connection Foundation, which gave money to religious organizations.
Mr. Solin disappeared on May 13, leaving a typed confession to his wife that he had taken money from the 12-year-old organization and advising her to divorce him, according to documents released to The Register-Guard under a public-records request. The charity’s president had confronted Mr. Solin the day before over a string of withdrawals he had made from the group’s bank account.
2 Responses to Oregon Charity Treasurer Commits Suicide as Embezzlement Surfaces
annettaf3 - June 30, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Where were the audits? This is a sad story on so many levels and while his dishonesty might have been there, it would have been discovered much earlier.
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