The Bag of Plaques That Blew Open a Youth Sports Theft Scheme
The Bag of Plaques That Blew Open a Youth Sports Theft SchemeA discarded Pelicans logo bag held seventy-two sponsor plaques and, unknown to the runner who found it, a breadcrumb that would expose $412,000 siphoned from a youth league over six years. How did routine registration fees, a $40,000 annual parks subsidy, and a season’s worth of plaques hide a theft that included inflated concessions, shorted plaque orders, and rigged equipment contracts?In this episode, we tell how a morning run, a meticulous volunteer treasurer, and a skeptical state investigator converged to uncover systemic…
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