FraudNews
09-14-2013, 12:50 PM
Three people – two nonprofit leaders and a former state welfare official – allegedly stole $1.25 million from the welfare-to-work program
According to Attorney General Kathleen Kane, a whistleblower permitted a grand jury to take a closer look at the alleged system involving a state program that assists parolees and men to become better fathers.
Kane said the money was used to pay for personal expenses – trips to Ghana, Atlantic City and Las Vegas as well as limousine rides and political contributions.
The parties involved in the scheme include 45-year-old Bryon Noon of Lancaster, who is the former Department of Public Welfare’s non-operational Bureau of Employment and Training Programs Division director. Anthony McNeil, 62, of Sicklerville, N.J and Lawrence Yancy, 61 of Philadelphia are also defendants in the case.
According to officials, Noon, who ran the National Comprehensive Centers for Fathers, allowed McNeil and Yancey to use the grant money with very little interference. Yancey used $23,000 to send his stepson to Ghana to attain cotton for a fake company the nonprofit started. According to the indictment, a $4,000 donation was given to the spiritual guide.
Yancey allegedly spent $24,000 of the money for a down payment on a Philadelphia townhouse.
The charges include conspiracy, deception and theft.
Kane said the case boils down to arrogance and greed, saying the three stole money from the fathers and children who they were supposed to be helping.
It’s not known if the three have retained lawyers, as there is no working phone numbers for any of them.
According to Attorney General Kathleen Kane, a whistleblower permitted a grand jury to take a closer look at the alleged system involving a state program that assists parolees and men to become better fathers.
Kane said the money was used to pay for personal expenses – trips to Ghana, Atlantic City and Las Vegas as well as limousine rides and political contributions.
The parties involved in the scheme include 45-year-old Bryon Noon of Lancaster, who is the former Department of Public Welfare’s non-operational Bureau of Employment and Training Programs Division director. Anthony McNeil, 62, of Sicklerville, N.J and Lawrence Yancy, 61 of Philadelphia are also defendants in the case.
According to officials, Noon, who ran the National Comprehensive Centers for Fathers, allowed McNeil and Yancey to use the grant money with very little interference. Yancey used $23,000 to send his stepson to Ghana to attain cotton for a fake company the nonprofit started. According to the indictment, a $4,000 donation was given to the spiritual guide.
Yancey allegedly spent $24,000 of the money for a down payment on a Philadelphia townhouse.
The charges include conspiracy, deception and theft.
Kane said the case boils down to arrogance and greed, saying the three stole money from the fathers and children who they were supposed to be helping.
It’s not known if the three have retained lawyers, as there is no working phone numbers for any of them.