The anonymous phone calls and e-mails had been coming in for months.
“You need to look into what’s going on at the Norwood Athletic Club?”
Now we know what was going on. Police say the former vice president of the board was skimming from the snack bar.
Kevin Seng yesterday turned himself in to face charges that he ripped off more than $61,000 over a five-year period.
It’s the same sorry story. A person trusted to watch over the operation gets caught with his hand allegedly in the till.
Of course the losers in all this are the kids.
Ironically, this is not the first time the borough athletic club has been victimized. They got ripped off in a similar manner back in 2001.
If there is a bright spot in this story, it belongs to Norwood Police Officer Jeffrey Finley, who is also a member of the club’s board.
He noticed that while the snack bar was doing a booming business, the revenue did not seem to match up. He started checking things out, and that led him to Seng.
Good work, officer.
Seng has apparently tried to make restitution of $2,400 he says he took to cover a couple of mortgage payments. But that leaves almost $60,000 unaccounted for, money the youth club could use.
Talk about “seng-ing” the blues.
“You need to look into what’s going on at the Norwood Athletic Club?”
Now we know what was going on. Police say the former vice president of the board was skimming from the snack bar.
Kevin Seng yesterday turned himself in to face charges that he ripped off more than $61,000 over a five-year period.
It’s the same sorry story. A person trusted to watch over the operation gets caught with his hand allegedly in the till.
Of course the losers in all this are the kids.
Ironically, this is not the first time the borough athletic club has been victimized. They got ripped off in a similar manner back in 2001.
If there is a bright spot in this story, it belongs to Norwood Police Officer Jeffrey Finley, who is also a member of the club’s board.
He noticed that while the snack bar was doing a booming business, the revenue did not seem to match up. He started checking things out, and that led him to Seng.
Good work, officer.
Seng has apparently tried to make restitution of $2,400 he says he took to cover a couple of mortgage payments. But that leaves almost $60,000 unaccounted for, money the youth club could use.
Talk about “seng-ing” the blues.
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