Grosse Pointe Park man steals money from Metro Detroit charity for personal use, feds say
John Lynch charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, embezzlement
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Grosse Pointe Park man is accused of stealing money from a charity that benefits disadvantaged Detroit children and using it for his own personal expenses,
Officials said Lynch became the CFO of the Holy Cross organization in March 2012, and later became its CEO in 2015.
Holy Cross was established in 1948 when Boysville of Michigan was incorporated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. Boysville of Michigan later became Holy Cross Children’s Services, federal officials said.
Religious nonprofit CEO arrested by FBI in fraud case
Detroit The former CEO of a religious charity serving the poor and homeless stole more than $240,000, money that bankrolled everything from shopping sprees and vacations at resorts in Florida and Northern Michigan to a new roof on his home, prosecutors said Thursday.
John Lynch, 56, of Grosse Pointe Park is accused of stealing from the federally funded Holy Cross organization in Clinton from 2014-17, according to a 28-page complaint unsealed in federal court.
Lynch, who was paid $200,000 a year, spent stolen money to pay for car repairs, install a new roof and make mortgage and credit card payments, according to the government. He also spent the money paying his consultant company and for security services at the Samaritan Center, which he secretly controlled through a relative, prosecutors said.
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