Ohio Attorney General Finds Lax Oversight, Wasteful Spending At East Akron Community House

An Ohio attorney general investigation of East Akron Community House has concluded that the agency suffered from lax oversight and wasteful spending.The problems included using a credit card for personal expenses, purchasing brand-name, high-priced items, failing to approve travel expenses, and not developing a budget or internal accounting system. These were among the issues the attorney general’s charitable law section outlined in an agreement with EACH filed Friday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.“The EACH Board of Directors breached its fiduciary responsibilities, including the duty of care, duty of loyalty, duty of compliance and duty to manage accounts, in violation of the Ohio Charitable Trust Action and the Ohio Charitable Organizations Act,” the attorney general wrote in the eight-page document.The agreement spells out steps that the completely new EACH board must take under the supervision of the attorney general’s office.George Johnson, the newly elected president of the EACH board, signed the document.