Robert Edward Auctions has filed suit against a New York Catholic school...

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Beyond the minor miracle of Nash's father not being criminally charged, how does he avoid being fired? Who does he have pictures of?

That's funny Jeff. At a Catholic Church, the question might be...'Who DOESN'T he have pictures of."

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

That's funny Jeff. At a Catholic Church, the question might be...'Who DOESN'T he have pictures of."

What's that supposed to mean?

[ChiefBenderForever]

If the court doesn't favor REA in this suit, don't they have to pay all the attorney fee's, which would probably be more than the 52k they are going after ?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

That's funny Jeff. At a Catholic Church, the question might be...'Who DOESN'T he have pictures of."

Word.

[Exhibitman]

Having advised business clients in employee embezzlement cases in the past, usually the attitude of the employer is (1) we don't want to look stupid or incompetent to our shareholders/directors/bosses (which we will if this gets out), and (2) we don't want to go through the time-suckage of prosecuting a crime, and (3) we don't want to trigger a retaliatory lawsuit (workers comp, wage claims, defamation or sexual harassment--take your pick because I've seen thieves file any or all of them), so if we get the money back quietly and the employee leaves after signing a full release, we're done.

[nolemmings]

the case is incredibly weak against the school. REA will lose, and bringing the school into what appears clear to me as a personal feud between Lifson and the Nashes is bad form.

[Peter_Spaeth]

It does seem attenuated. The school was unjustly enriched because it allowed an employee who embezzled funds to pay them back?

[benjulmag]

Sordid tales more often than not have a way of sorting themselves out. When they do, the full truth and the full picture emerge. Presumably that will happen in this instance. It'll be interesting to see if what we know now is only the tip of the iceberg.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Having advised business clients in employee embezzlement cases in the past, usually the attitude of the employer is (1) we don't want to look stupid or incompetent to our shareholders/directors/bosses (which we will if this gets out), and (2) we don't want to go through the time-suckage of prosecuting a crime, and (3) we don't want to trigger a retaliatory lawsuit (workers comp, wage claims, defamation or sexual harassment--take your pick because I've seen thieves file any or all of them), so if we get the money back quietly and the employee leaves after signing a full release, we're done.

I worked for a place that had fired a business manager for stealing about 15K.
first try was to keep him on till he repaid. He stole just enough to cover the payments. so he was fired.

About a year and a half later they needed another business manager.
Guess who they hired?
And guess what happened almost immediately.


Steve B