Louisiana Attorney General: Rathke Embezzled $5 Million From ACORN
Posted on October 5, 2009
Can we just get this entire organization outlawed already? This isn’t just a few bad apples, the whole bunch is done spoiled.
An internal review by the board of directors of the community organization ACORN determined that the amount allegedly embezzled from the community organization was $5 million, well more than the previously reported amount of nearly $1 million, according to a new subpoena in an investigation by Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell.
The subpoena, released this afternoon, says, “It is still unclear if some of the monies embezzled are from state, federal or private funds.”
ACORN Chief Executive Officer Bertha Lewis said the new accusation about the embezzlement is “completely false.” She said she would comment further after she and ACORN attorneys have a chance to review the subpoena.
Caldwell issued subpoenas in August seeking documents related to Acorn International then-President Wade Rathke and his brother Dale Rathke, who kept the group’s books. Those subpoenas were focused on possible Acorn violations of state employee tax law, obstructing justice and violating the Employee Retirement Security Act.
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Isn’t ACORN the victim in this case?
WHO WAS IT THAT SAID, “JUDGE ME BY THE PEOPLE I SURROUND ME”? OH YES IT WAS
BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
MMMM MMMM MMMM
As to ACORN being the victim, the co-founder and his brother (the Rathkes) owned the accounting company and they kept the books. The co-founder knew his brother had embezzled the $1 million (at least). The CEO of ACORN, Bertha Lewis reported in a 2008 board meeting that $5 million had been embezzled. Today, with this new subpoena, Ms. Lewis says the charges are “completely false.”
There is probably a very logical explanation regarding the missing money … They probably just wrapped it in aluminum foil and stuck it in the freezer for safe keeping.
Why has ACORN’s charitable status and the making of political donations not been investigated?