Accused Former Goodwill Exec Faces Embezzlement Charges at 2 More Nonprofits

Prosecutors say Richard Alan Abrusci used the same ploy in all three cases: having the nonprofits make payments to a bogus business he had created.

Richard Alan Abrusci allegedly embezzled $1.4 million from 2016 to 2022 from Goodwill Industries of Sacramento Valley and Northern Nevada. Mike Mozart

After being charged in November on suspicion of stealing $1.4 million from Goodwill Industries, its former leader and chief executive officer was charged with additional counts of embezzlement from two other nonprofits April 4, the United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District of California announced.

In total, Richard Alan Abrusci, 45, of South Lake Tahoe now has been charged with 12 counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft and three counts of monetary transactions with proceeds of specified unlawful activity, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert said in the statement.