You bet, just a couple of bad apples.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/us/09embezzle.html?_r=1

Funds Misappropriated at 2 Nonprofit Groups

Two prominent national nonprofit groups are reeling from public disclosures that large sums of money were misappropriated in unrelated incidents by an employee and a former employee.

The groups, Acorn, one of the country’s largest community organizing groups, and the Points of Light Institute, which works to encourage civic activism and volunteering, have dealt with the problems in very different ways.

Acorn chose to treat the embezzlement of nearly $1 million eight years ago as an internal matter and did not even notify its board. After Points of Light noticed financial irregularities in early June, it took less than a month for management to alert federal prosecutors, although group officials say they have no clear idea yet what the financial impact may be.

A whistle-blower forced Acorn to disclose the embezzlement, which involved the brother of the organization’s founder, Wade Rathke.

The brother, Dale Rathke, embezzled nearly $1 million from Acorn and affiliated charitable organizations in 1999 and 2000, Acorn officials said, but a small group of executives decided to keep the information from almost all of the group’s board members and not to alert law enforcement.

Dale Rathke remained on Acorn’s payroll until a month ago, when
disclosure of his theft by foundations and other donors forced the organization to dismiss him.
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http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/09/state_federal_officials_cut_of.html

Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said his investigation started after he received a complaint from former members of ACORN's board of directors claiming that the group and its subsidiaries were violating state employee tax law, obstructing justice and violating the Employee Retirement Security Act, according to subpoenas issued last month by the attorney general's office.

The subpoenas state 57 liens have been filed against ACORN and affiliates by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service for failure to properly pay withholding and unemployment taxes. The total amounts due were $1.12 million.

The Louisiana Department of Revenue also has filed two liens against ACORN for failure to pay withholding taxes, amounting to about $333,000.

Caldwell said the money for ACORN's state and federal withholding taxes "went somewhere, " and his office is trying to find out what happened.

ACORN officials in New Orleans could not be reached for comment Thursday.