{"id":15206,"date":"2015-09-02T17:16:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T00:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=15206"},"modified":"2015-09-02T17:21:22","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T00:21:22","slug":"cpa-admits-stealing-4-million-from-church-and-a-nonprofit-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=15206","title":{"rendered":"CPA Admits Stealing $4 Million from Church and a Nonprofit Organization (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWARK, NJ<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-14844 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"FBI Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A California CPA today admitted stealing more than $4 million by abusing his positions at a worship center in New Jersey and at a non-profit in California, federal officials allege.<\/p>\n<p>The CPA\u00a0used the funds for his own use, including mortgage payments, luxury car payments and gambling expenses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald Gridiron,<\/strong> 51, of Pomona, California, plead guilty before <strong>U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty<\/strong> in Newark federal court to one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Gridiron is facing up to 23 years in prison when he is sentenced on Dec. 14, officials said.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UbuUDiOXOCM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>According to the evidence, these are the facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Agape Family Worship Center<\/strong> located in Rahway, New Jersey, hired Gridiron based, in part, on his connections with individuals in the religious community as well as his standing within that community.<\/p>\n<p>The religious facility agreed to pay Gridiron a monthly salary and reimburse him for reasonable expenses related to his work. In addition, Gridiron was the treasurer for a non-profit entity registered in California.<\/p>\n<p>Gridiron used his employment with the worship center and his status with the non-profit to illegally syphon money. In total, Gridiron transferred more than $4 million to accounts he controlled.<\/p>\n<p>Gridiron also failed to report this income on his tax returns, including $950,000 he stole during the 2011 tax year.<\/p>\n<p>The case was investigated by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWARK, NJ A California CPA today admitted stealing more than $4 million by abusing his positions at a worship center in New Jersey and at a non-profit in California, federal officials allege&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3],"tags":[547,1722],"class_list":["post-15206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-main-slider","category-u-s-department-of-justice","tag-embezzlement","tag-fbi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast 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