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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...east-cancer-charity-sheriff-article-1.1946752[...]
Below-par charity organizer pocketed $20,000 from her breast cancer golf tournament's bank account,
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Corinne-Ray Hopkins used the donations — which were supposed to go to a Florida hospital's breast cancer department — on a slew of personal purchases, including a deposit on a new house,
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The Port St. Lucie Sheriff's Office announced Hopkins' arrest Saturday. Earlier in the week, the department posted her photo on its Facebook page as part of a hunt for the not-so-good Samaritan.
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the 59-year-old spent a year taking money from a bank account for "Pars Fore Pink," an annual Florida golf tournament that financially supports breast cancer care at Martin Health System.
The dishonest deductions came during the 2012 tournament — the same year Hopkins started having personal conflicts with some of the other organizers
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That year, the charity promised a $45,000 donation to the hospital. But after the tournament, it only had $23,000 to turn over.
The committee began tracing its steps to figure out the discrepancy. A recent subpoena of the charity's bank records showed Hopkins used the group's debit card to make a slew of personal purchases, totalling $20,000
Hopkins effectively robbed the charity of nearly half of its 2012 donations
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The $20,000's worth of charges included a $15,000 wire transfer, which she used as a deposit on a home in North Carolina, she told investigators.
Sheriffs charged Hopkins with grand theft.
Hopkins helped run ‘Pars Fore Pink,’ an annual golf tournament that financially supports breast cancer care at a local hospital.