Salvation Army Fund Raiser Pleads Guilty to Fraud

A former Salvation Army fund raiser pleaded guilty to 12 felony counts of forgery, money laundering, racketeering, and theft, reports the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

Timothy Peter Janusz, of Kailua, Hawaii, who served as the director of planned giving for the charity, defrauded the group and four elderly donors of about $350,000 in cash and property. Checks and property deeds donated to the charity were instead steered into the Kaspick Holding Co., of which Mr. Janusz was the controlling agent. An anonymous e-mail tip led to his arrest. Mr. Janusz was previously imprisoned in South Dakota for stealing $2.2-million from an elderly couple in Colorado.

The Salvation Army has repaid the four donors. Mr. Janusz faces at least 10 years in prison.