Doyle Convicted Of All Embezzlement, Forgery Charges

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Dan Doyle was convicted on all 18 charges.

Credit Ian Donnis / RIPR

A jury has convicted Institute for International Sport founder Dan Doyle of all 18 charges against him. Those charges include embezzlement and forgery.

Prosecutors had charged that Doyle siphoned off funds from the nonprofit for his own use, including forging names on checks made out to himself. The trial included several dozen witnesses and lasted for months.
The Washington County Superior Court jury got the case last Monday.
Talking with reporters outside the courthouse, state attorney Patrick Youngs commended the jury.
"When this trial started it was 85 degrees out, and this morning it snowed, that's a long haul for this jury. And we're gratified that we saw it the way we presented it, and the fact that they took a week to deliberate shows how conscientious they were."
Youngs said he hoped the verdict would send a strong message to people with access to the finances of charitable institutions.
"Certainly anybody that's running a nonprofit that thinks it's going t be their own personal piggy bank, this would be a lesson for them I would hope."
SOURCE:  by Dave Fallon & John Bender        RINPR