Former head of pro choice group under investigation

[cali]

February 16, 2011 6:12 PM
Steve Flamisch

NARAL Pro-Choice New York and the National Institute of Reproductive Health have hired an auditing firm to investigate whether their former president defrauded the organizations, a NARAL official said Tuesday.

An early draft of the audit shows that Kelli Conlin spent $100,000 on a car service, $22,000 on meals, $17,000 on a summer rental in the Hamptons, and $5,700 on clothing from 2008-2010, according to a report aired by YNN's Capitol Tonight. The NARAL official would not confirm the contents of the draft.

Conlin could not be reached for comment. The auditing firm, Marks Paneth & Shron, did not return a phone call.

Conlin was fired in late January following eighteen years of service, the NARAL official said. At the time, the organizations – which are funded mostly by foundations and private donors -- said only that she was "departing."

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http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/naral-1282946-choice-draft.html

[Sonoman]

1. "departing"? More like parting wit de munny.

They just never stop, do they?

Sonoman

[LiberalFighter]

2. Don't organizations of this size have trustees or auditors monitoring activities?

I don't see how she could have done this without help. Either someone who was in on it or was an idiot.