SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former CEO of Goodwill Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada Richard Alan Abrusci, was recently charged by federal prosecutors with embezzling two other nonprofits out of almost $150,000.
He was charged with the following counts in the new indictment:
- 12 counts of wire fraud
- 3 counts of monetary transactions with proceeds of specified unlawful activity
- 1 count of aggravated identity theft
The 45-year-old was initially arrested and charged last year with allegedly manipulating Goodwill and its partners to pay almost $1.4 million to a fictional business Abrusci created.
In the new indictment, U.S. Attorney's officials say Abrusci became the Sacramento chapter president of a nonprofit pairing children with adult mentors in late 2022 — allegedly embezzling nearly $50,000 from them.
Federal prosecutors also allege Abrusci stole around $100,000 from a nonprofit where he sat as the chairperson of the board of directors in the fall 2022.
He embezzled funds from a total of three nonprofits in essentially the same way, officials say.
If convicted of the new charges, Abrusci faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of the 12 counts of wire fraud. He also faces 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of the three counts of monetary transactions with proceeds of specified unlawful activity.
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