Chas Lee

Charles K. "Chas" Lee is an American criminal who embezzled over $100,000 from a Boston-area charity in 1991 and 1992, while still a Harvard University undergraduate. He pleaded guilty in 1993 to the crime, which involved writing checks on the accounts of The Jimmy Fund, a cancer research charity, and using the funds to "travel, eat at fine restaurants, and purchase fancy clothes and stereo equipment".[1]

Lee, in his junior year at Harvard at the time, co-chaired with fellow student David Sword a charity ice-skating event run by The Jimmy Fund.[2] The two used the event's funds for themselves: Lee, $120,000 and Sword, $6800.[1]The embezzlement was discovered when they passed their positions on to new students, who were unable to reconcile the fund's books.[2]

Lee pleaded guilty to the embezzlement charges and was sentenced to 4–5 years in prison and ordered to pay full restitution to The Jimmy Fund. He was required to serve one year of his prison sentence, with the remainder suspended by the presiding judge at the time of his sentencing. Lee was also sentenced to 100 hours of community service during each year in which the balance of his restitution remains unpaid.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Louis R. Mizell (1996). Masters of Deception: The Worldwide White-Collar Crime Crisis and Ways to Protect Yourself. John Wiley and Sons. p. 220. ISBN 0471133558.
  2. 1 2 3 "MAN USED CANCER FUND TO FUND RICH LIFESTYLE.(MAIN)". The Albany Times  – via Highbeam Research (subscription required) . Cambridge, MA. Associated Press. February 17, 1995. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
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