Tuesday
Oct062009
ACORN CEO Dismisses New Embezzlement Accusations As 'Completely False'
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 2:25PM
By Leah Valencia, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service
Bertha Lewis, CEO of ACORN, defended the embattled community outreach organization Tuesday from accusations ranging from embezzlement to poor financial management.
Lewis spoke at a the National Press club only one day after an internal review board at ACORN revealed that, according to a Subpoena, the founder’s brother had embezzled $5 million, an amount much higher than the originally reported $1 million.
Lewis called the findings "completely false." She went on to defend the group’s management, saying that ACORN has internally restructured to prevent future discrepancies.
“I am cleaning out all the vestiges of the old administration," Lewis said. "I wiped out and changed the whole management structure. I brought in professionals from legal to auditing."
ACORN has recently been abandoned by several political supporters after an embarrassing videotape showing workers at ACORN offering advice to two activists posing as a sex workers became widely circulated last month.
Lewis pledged that ACORN is learning from it’s recent troubles and has taken steps to improve self-governance.
Bertha Lewis, CEO of ACORN, defended the embattled community outreach organization Tuesday from accusations ranging from embezzlement to poor financial management.
Lewis spoke at a the National Press club only one day after an internal review board at ACORN revealed that, according to a Subpoena, the founder’s brother had embezzled $5 million, an amount much higher than the originally reported $1 million.
Lewis called the findings "completely false." She went on to defend the group’s management, saying that ACORN has internally restructured to prevent future discrepancies.
“I am cleaning out all the vestiges of the old administration," Lewis said. "I wiped out and changed the whole management structure. I brought in professionals from legal to auditing."
ACORN has recently been abandoned by several political supporters after an embarrassing videotape showing workers at ACORN offering advice to two activists posing as a sex workers became widely circulated last month.
Lewis pledged that ACORN is learning from it’s recent troubles and has taken steps to improve self-governance.
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