The eyes of Texas have been opened and the cost for the board president of a number of child welfare agencies has been great. Steal this president did to first result in a variety of benefits in the form of travel and appliances but later result in some jail time, a lot of debt (presumably), removal and banning from seats on child welfare boards, and finally, dissolution of the "her own" agency.
Now the bigger question, how on earth did the board president manage to pilfer so much money (approximately $100K) without notice? One apparent success was the linkage between her organization and the funder where, if I understand correctly, she also served as board president. But it also appears as though her agency, the initial before her, beneficiary of funds, was supposed to distribute these very funds and there is likely where the unseen pass came. Whatever, almost a perfect heist until someone tattled. Yes, her undoing came at the hands of someone who figured out what was going on. Could it have been a board member who finally took responsibility? Or was it another organization who saw her money go missing?
Really, this could not have happened with proper accounting policies and procedures in place. And since when does cash flow through a board president without at least one other signature - and although that might have been in place, it's clear that if so, the second signatory was certainly not benefiting or at least there's no evidence to date.
All's well that ends well but really, the case needs to be documented and held-up as how good governance failed and what could have been in-place to prevent all. Thank you Texas Rangers - my childhood heroes are continuing to fulfill their duty.
Here's the story from Hello Woodlands.