Project Verifraud

jon-nyc

Apparently his CFO caught him with his hands in the till so James fired the guy.

James also left us no choice but to suspend him in the last few weeks when he unilaterally fired the CFO, who can only be fired with Board approval. That is a violation of our non-profit's bylaws. James went as far as to say that a Board member had approved this firing to others, but it was later discovered that it was not the case. That member did not approve the firing. The Board approved James' suspension so it would have time to properly investigate these internal infractions.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

This story's been bubbling along for a few days. O'Keefe has been defiant, and put out a video claiming that this was a capricious firing, etc.

If the board can document these things, and I don't doubt they can, it's bad for O'Keefe.

jon-nyc

At the very least he’ll face tax charges, but probably some more fraud-like charges too.

Horace

Sad.

Mik

Hubris strikes again.

jon-nyc

Yeah, he’s really torching the place as he leaves. A Trumpian display of ego over cause.

Horace

I never had a sense of any single personality behind Veritas. But I never followed it much.

jon-nyc

Really? It seemed to me like it was him and only him. But I only paid attention it when it made the news, and he was always the face of that,

Horace

@jon-nyc said in Project Verifraud:

Really? It seemed to me like it was him and only him. But I only paid attention it when it made the news, and he was always the face of that,

Maybe it's closer to say I didn't follow Veritas at all, except as it intersected with links here. I wouldn't have been able to pick o'keefe out of a lineup, and I would have needed multiple choice to name the person behind Veritas.