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Wasn't there also a controversy regarding alleged theft/embezzlement by officers of the organization? According to their filings with the California government, over $350k in "unauthorized purchases" were made [0] (page 2, the all-caps is verbatim):

> UPON DISCOVERY OF UNAUTHORIZED PURCHASES TOTALING $353,703 BY TWO OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT OCCURRED IN 2017, ON OR AROUND JANUARY 21, 2018, TRANS LIFELINE REMOVED THESE OFFICERS FROM HAVING ACCESS TO THE ORGANIZATION'S BANK ACCOUNTS AND ASSETS AND TERMINATED THEIR EMPLOYMENT AND THEIR POSITIONS AS OFFICERS AFTER COMPLETING ITS INITIAL INVESTIGATION OF THE DIVERSION. ...

It goes on to say that they didn't file a lawsuit, and criminal charges don't appear to have been pursued. What the heck happened?

[0] - PDF: http://web.archive.org/web/20190221114026/http://rct.doj.ca....




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