Former Charity Executive Admits Stealing
January 28, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
The former chief executive of the actor Chuck Norris’s martial-arts program for inner-city children, James D. Brasher pleaded guilty last week to stealing from the charity, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Houston has announced, reports the Associated Press.
Mr. Brasher admitted to taking at least $130,000, the office said in a statement. He also acknowledged that he opened bank accounts in names similar to that of the Kick Drugs Out of America Foundation, which serves young people in Houston and Dallas, and fraudulently endorsed checks sent to the foundation and deposited the money into his own accounts.
Mr. Brasher is scheduled to be sentenced in April. He faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, and a three-year-term of supervised release.
