Jelinek’s purchases stretched from Costco, where she bought things like Lucky Charms and Templeton Rye Whiskey, to It Is Vapor, “a vendor which sells vaping products,” according to the report. Jelinek bought things small, but pricey - smart watches, Beats headphones - as well as large and expensive - two big-screen TVs (one was 40 inches, the other, 55 inches). She also made multiple purchases of pet supplies and accessories for an RV. She bought things for herself - Jelinek was a regular customer of QVC and the Home Shopping Network - and others, including her husband, for whom she bought things including slippers and snow pants. The report documents a wide variety purchases Jelinek made with the ICAD credit card.
The report issued on Thursday covers the period Dec. The nonprofit ICAD was founded in 1984 to “to strengthen our local communities with a strong business climate and employment opportunities,” according to its website.Īfter ICAD executives learned about the unauthorized credit card, they asked the Iowa Auditor’s Office to conduct a special audit. “We were incredibly saddened to discover this violation of our trust but the organization is in solid financial shape and we hope our investors continue to recognize the work of the team as we engage everyday to keep this area vibrant and growing,” ICAD President Mark Nolte said in a written statement issued on Thursday. As part of her job - Jelinek was hired as an executive assistant, and later promoted to office manager - she was in charge of paying ICAD’s bills, which helped her cover up her spending. Jelinek had the credit card’s bills sent directly to herself. No one at ICAD ever authorized a credit card for Jelinek, and no one knew she had one. 25, 2002, a month after she started working at ICAD. The ICAD credit card in question had originally been issued by the University of Iowa Community Credit Union to Jelinek on Nov.
“On March 6, 2017, a vendor notified ICAD the credit card used to pay for its annual software subscription had expired,” the report explains. It wasn’t until three months after Jelinek resigned in January 2017 that anyone at ICAD realized there was a problem. Sheri Jelinek, who worked at ICAD for 15 years, used an ICAD credit card to make $466,875 in clearly improper purchases, and rack up another $46,903 in suspect purchases for which auditors could not find documentation, according to the report published on Thursday.
A former employee of the Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD) misappropriated over $500,000 of the organization’s money, according to a new report from the Iowa State Auditor’s Office.
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