At Least She Left the Bucket
Charity Criminal of the Week is Virginia Moye of Redding, California. Ms. Moye apparently used her position as office manager of the local chapter of the Salvation Army's warehouse to steal $98,000 over the last several years. I know this is hard to believe for many of you. Nothing bad ever happens to donor money at the Salvation Army. No need for them to have to file federal tax forms or anything.
My favorite part of the story comes from Salvation Army Captain Wayne Wetter, who says of Ms. Moye, "I didn't have any problems with her."
Yes, Captain, you did. She stole $100,000 intended for your city's most vulnerable citizens. If you don't see that as a problem, I suspect an awful lot of people in Northern California who dropped their money in the buckets might have a problem with you.
My favorite part of the story comes from Salvation Army Captain Wayne Wetter, who says of Ms. Moye, "I didn't have any problems with her."
Yes, Captain, you did. She stole $100,000 intended for your city's most vulnerable citizens. If you don't see that as a problem, I suspect an awful lot of people in Northern California who dropped their money in the buckets might have a problem with you.
Labels: charity crime, red buckets, Salvation Army, Virginia Moye, Wayne Wetter
posted by Trent Stamp at 2:15 PM
7 Comments:
How would filing a 990 have prevented this?
It might not have, Patrick, but I'm inclined to believe that had they had an accountant doing the books and preparing a 990 for public consumption and evaluation, they would have been FAR more likely to identify a theft (and a major accounting discrepancy) that took place over 7 years.
I might be wrong (lord knows embezzlement takes place at charities that file 990s all the time) but it seems fair to assume that this type of stealing of public money would be noticed if an attention-to-detail 990 was prepared.
Thanks for the clarification. I agree that there is some oversight and accountability value in the process of preparing the 990. But it is not necessarily so, and the same might be accomplished through other internal controls. It is definitely an area that the SA, and all charities, especially churches, need to be constantly aware of and improving.
It's hard to imagine her not getting caught sooner. That's a lot of change!
Personally, I don't understand how the Salvation Army continues to receive so much public support. They do not open their books to us, and they are fundamentally a church. They provide lots of good service to the world, I am sure, but they also are setup to convert people to Christianity. How they continually receive so much corporate support (i.e. donation buckets in front of every shopping mall in America at Christmas) is beyond me.
slightly think about it. "They provide alot of good services." God forbid if you ever need help with a light bill or some food.I hope you would not think of them as a church but more as a social service agency.If you did need help then I hope you would just say thank you. There are alot of people in this world that recieve alot of help from the SA. I pray if you would ever need help that you would go to the Salvation Army and see how much good they do. Maybe you should support them because you never when you might be knocking on that door. GOD BLESS!!!
I am walking for the american heart association.. here is my page:
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=211598&lis=1&kntae211598=2E856B8C6698422C8BBF0304BBFC1766&supId=185177576
I hope this cause is one that merits all of our efforts! I feel strong about it and the families affected.
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