A five-fingered loan? (Crime).If John Loan is telling the truth, New York's gay service groups may be unknowingly providing services with dirty money. Loan, 45, who was arrested January 14 and charged with grand larceny A category of larceny—the offense of illegally taking the property of another—in which the value of the property taken is greater than that set for petit larceny. At Common Law, the punishment for grand larceny was death. , is accused of embezzling $3 million. He says he used some of the money to care for his partner, who died of AIDS complications in 1998, and donated the rest to Gay Men's Health Crisis The Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) is a non-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based AIDS service organization that has led the United States in the fight against AIDS. and the city's LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community center. As an events and food services food services Hospital services A 24/7 department in a hospital that provides for the nutritional needs of inpatients–eg, those needing special diets, preparing meals and transporting them to the floor and, through the cafeteria, the hospital staff and manager for investment management group Alliance Capital, Loan is said to have skimmed the money for more than 3 1/2 years by faking invoices for services that were never provided. Prosecutors say he actually spent the money developing a cabaret music label and a Web site. --B.A. |
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