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EX CHARITY OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING New York--The former director of a Parkinson's disease charity was arrested yesterday on charges of embezzling more than $870,000 by duping a Parkinson's patient who heads the group's Minnesota chapter. Frank Williams, 54, allegedly stole the money from the American Parkinson's Disease Association, which raises money for research and information on the neurological disease. Federal prosecutors said Williams sent donors' checks to Michael Monnot of Northfield, Minn., and told him to deposit them into the chapter's account, ten to write new checks or obtain money order and mail them to Williams' [sic] home in New York, ostensibly to be passed on to nursing homes. Officials said that it was unclear what WIlliams did with the money but that there was no indication that any of it went to nursing homes. Monnot is not a suspect. Williams, who resigned in APril, faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted. He was ordered held on $100,000 bail yesterday. (in SF CHronicle 10/31/95) On Tue, 31 Oct 1995, Barbara Schirloff wrote: > Last night on the news I heard a 1 or 2 sentence story about someone > embezzeling $850,000 from APDA in Minnesota. Does anyone know anything else > about it or if it is true? > [log in to unmask] >