David Douglas Historical Society Case Study

Decent Essays
David Douglas Historical Society was recently disbanded in June 30, 2016, in the David Douglas School District, Portland Oregon, because of theft and lack of volunteers.
DD Historical Society disbanded because there was only four active members and someone from the historical society used the money for their personal needs. In other words stealing.
The illegal transactions begin in May 5, 2012, when the thief was a treasurer for the historical society. In May 2013 the thief asked the Board to close the previous two accounts and transfer funds from them into a single account with US Bank. He claimed using one bank account would make his reporting of financial records to the Board much easier. He continued the illegal activity and it was easier

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    On 1-12-2016 at about 1715 hrs I was dispatched to a theft report, which occurred at the Seasons on Lea Hill 12722 SE 312TH ST, Auburn/King/Wa. Upon arrival I contacted the victim, Armando Chavez at his apartment 6A. Armando stated that several days ago, no precise date, he went to his bank to deposit money into his account. Armando stated he banked at Alaska USA. Armando was advised by a teller that he had a negative money in his account and it looked as if someone had attempted to deposit money from his account.…

    • 591 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    It was a hard-knock life for English Settlers in Jamestown. 104 English settlers arrived at Jamestown in the spring of 1607. Only 90 were left in the spring of 1610. Throughout those brutal years, settlers fought off indians, disease, and brackish water and drought.…

    • 492 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    One early attempt to colonize America killed over 430 people, so how did they survive? In the spring of 1607, three ships sailed from England filled with passengers whose goals were to find gold in the New World. Little did they know, those hopes were soon to be destroyed. The thought of this New World was appealing to most but many soon after would change their decision to come. During the first three years about eight percent of the colonists had died.…

    • 826 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    It's evening time in a small neighborhood of Kyoto, Japan... Life feels empty and hull during this period of dusk... Some find it to be refreshing and artistic, others have found it to only worsen situations... During this time we find a young teen named Yuutsu, a mute brimming with despair.…

    • 421 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Jamestown Dbq Analysis

    • 570 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Jamestown is oftenly referred to as the first permanent English settlement in the New World in 1607. Although it was the first permanent settlement, it had numerous problems which almost ended the colony. The colonists of early Jamestown died because of the poor relations with the natives, the diseases, and starvation. To begin, the colonists were unable to survive because the native relations did not exist. The graph on document B shows the average rainfall of the region, and there appears to be a drought at the beginning of the colony’s existence.…

    • 570 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Manifest Destiny is defined as the belief that God wants America to expand, which is exactly what happened (Kinsey Notes). The widespread assumption that pioneers had the divine right from God to expand from the east to west coast of the United States was motivation to explore new terrain and territories. The concept of Manifest Destiny had aided the westward expansion (Doc. 3), thus resulting in the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The government and those who held a higher power had a large say on the idea of Native Americans abiding in the United States. Because of Manifest Destiny and the westward expansion, our country received the shape and size it is today.…

    • 544 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The third act is an interviw with BTK, conducted by John Douglas. Douglas had a really tough time trying to get permission to get the interview of Dennis Rader. IN the interview Rader talks about how his fantasies of killing and torturing started at a young age and basically they took him over to where he could not control himself. He still struggled with those terrifying fantasies after his arrest, he said he tries not to think about them. Instead he reads the Bible and draws smiley…

    • 88 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Check Washing

    • 907 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The Growing Concern of Checks What is Check Washing? According to Dictionary.com, to wash stands for applying “water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing” (Dictionary.com). Consequently, according to this definition in this similar context, check washing deals with cleansing or erasing a check of its content so that it can be rewritten in order to change the information on the check or checks. This process is done illegally in order to scam someone of a withdrawal from their account.…

    • 907 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    6/ Although he was one of the greatest congressmen of the United States, Daniel Webster’s inconsistency and lack of advances in high ideals towards the end of his career led to his political downfall. Webster was a man against slavery and one of the abolitionist congressmen in the Senate. Throughout his career he showed support for the abolitionist movement and seemed to display high morals. However, during his infamous “Seventh of March” speech, Webster supported the Compromise of 1850 and specifically the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act.…

    • 1374 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Lowell National Historical Park has added a 45’, Coast Guard approved vessel to it operations on the Merrimack River. Built by Robbie Cunningham of Trident Pontoons from Tavares Florida, the park took delivery of the new vessel this past winter. Designed for educational offerings presented by park staff and educators from the Tsongas Industrial History Center, a partnership between the National Park Service and University of Massachusetts Lowell. At present, the vessel is moored at the Belgarde boat house while preparations for programming and operation are being developed. “The boat, named the James B. Francis, in honor of Lowell’s’ most famous engineer, It will be ready for its maiden voyage later this fall,” said facility manager,…

    • 178 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The son of a slave woman and an unknown white man , Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born in February 1818 on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He spent his early years with aunt and his grandparents. He saw his mother only four or five times before her death when he was seven years of age. (All Douglass knew of his father was that he was white slave owner.) During this time Frederick Douglass was exposed to degradation of slavery, witnessing firsthand brutal whipping and spending much time cold and hungry.…

    • 369 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Knowledge and Freedom in Frederick Douglas ' Narrative Frederick Douglas was born as a slave in Talbot County. He was not sure about his date of birth but he knew that it was 1817 or 1818. Douglas was born as a slave and faced the harshness and cruelty of his masters. He attained his freedom through knowledge, strong-will, and revolution. Douglas ' self education and knowledge were his weapons against the tyranny of white man.…

    • 743 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The scenes I selected are from Frederick Douglass narrative. Frederick Douglass was born as a slave. He did not know his mother well and his father was a white man. When his first master died, he was sent to another plantation and the master’s wife taught him how to read and write. Before he escaped he give some whites bread to teach him how to read.…

    • 347 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Frank Abagnale shined because of his great capacity to cheat and elude authoritarian figures such as police officers, bankers, and corporations. Another of the requirements to be an outlaw hero is “the outlaw hero outwits, eludes, and escapes the authorities, usually with flair, often in disguise” (Seal, 74). Leonardo DiCaprio, who represented Frank Abagnale in the movie Catch Me If You Can have said “I was playing a great actor… But his stage was the real world. He's somebody that for whatever reason puts people at ease” (DiCaprio).…

    • 1454 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Money laundering is the act of taking proceeds from illegal acts and “cleaning it up” in order to hide its origin from authorities. This paper discusses the basic definition and three step process of money laundering, the history of the anti-money laundering movement, the agencies created to catch and prevent money laundering, and what consequences are in place for criminals involved. The origins of money laundering trace back thousands of years and the continuing crime eventually led to the passing of several statutes. The Bank Secrecy Act, the Money Laundering Control Act, and the Patriot Act are just a few of the major U.S. laws further discussed in this paper. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) is the U.S. agency devoted…

    • 1471 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays