Good points, thanks. --- Chet Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All you really need to do is to get the information > together in the form > of a simple report and give the report to the Board > of Directors of the > non-profit. Just state the facts of the situation > (not your > interpretations or speculations or opinions about > it). > > It is the Board of Director's job to oversee the > public interest. If > they don't, that's their lookout (and source of > fiscal and personal > liability) not yours. > > As a member of a non-profit board of directors, I > learned that one real > good... > > "Outing" the organization or "blowing the whistle" > to the "feds" without > telling the actual people in charge is not very > kosher and would > probably be counter-productive. > > > > > mrgmhale wrote: > > >>If you help conceal this, *you* could be charged > with complicity. > >>Non-profits get federal money in the form of being > tax deductible. If > >>they waste money, it is federal money being > wasted. > >> > >> > > > >Actually, I met with one of my attorneys for the > very purpose of seeing > >where I stood with a computer billing audit of a > publicly traded company, > >where I was aware of the company knowingly > misbilling one of my clients, and > >I was going to "discover" the misbilling during > said audit. We are talking > >over $300k in billing errors I found in total, with > about $160k of it due to > >the intentionally ignored misbilling. My Legal > Counsel advised I could be > >deemed a co-conspirator with the computer company > if I did not divulge my > >knowledge of the intentionally ignored misbilling > to my client within a > >certain period of time (I was well within that time > period only because I > >did advise one of the client's Sr Managers of the > problem shortly after I > >heard about it from an employee within the > company). > > > >I was quite surprised that by simply being aware of > the billing error being > >known and ignored by the computer firm I could be > held partially responsible > >for the misbilling and intentional failure to > report the problem (except I > >had reported it, nobody acted at that time within > my client's company). So, > >now the position I am taking when being fed > "confidential information" is I > >will respect confidential information to the point > where I am not in legal > >jeopardy myself. If I am in harm's way I withhold > nothing, period. > > > >So, I say that with respect to the Presidente's > scam with his daughter > >obviously skimming/wasting the Not For Profit's > operation, gather the > >supporting evidence and report it. Those are my > tax dollars being wasted, > >as well as yours and all other US citizens on the > ProFox group. And, > >knowing the issue for what it is you have a legal > (and I would argue an > >ethical) responsibility to report it. See > qualified Legal Counsel to find > >out what steps to take before doing anything else. > > > > > >Gil > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > petetheisen > >>Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:48 AM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: Yet another consultant story. > >> > >> > >>Michael Madigan wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Nope:) > >>> > >>> > >>Hi Michael! > >> > >>Remember, John is a cop! > >> > >>If you help conceal this, *you* could be charged > with complicity. > >>Non-profits get federal money in the form of being > tax deductible. If > >>they waste money, it is federal money being > wasted. > >> > >>You probably would qualify for whistle blower > protection, however, so > >>don't worry. > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>Pete > >> > >> > >>>--- john harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Blow it up! Tell us who the non-profit is and > the > >>>>url! > >>>> > >>>>John Harvey > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
