Category: IRS

ACORN and Alleged Embezzlement

ACORN may have suffered from an embezzlement case. In 2000, Acorn discovered that Dale Rathke had embezzled $948,507.50 from it and affiliated charitable organizations. The management committee that controlled the organization decided not to alert law enforcement officials, and negotiated an agreement with the Rathke family to repay the money. That agreement was carried on […]