Former Executive Director of Nonprofit Receiving Grant Funds Charged with Grand Theft and Falsification of Records

On June 22, 2023, the former Executive Director of a nonprofit organization called the Riverside County Coalition for Alternatives to Domestic Violence (ADV) that receives federal grant funds in Riverside, California, was charged following an amended criminal Complaint with three counts of grand theft and one count of falsification of records.  Florence White was charged in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside.  According to the Complaint, from on or about January 1, 2015, through on or about July 31, 2022, White stole over $100,000 and falsified business records as part of a scheme to defraud ADV.  The investigation is being conducted by the OIG’s Los Angeles Field Office and the Riverside County District Attorney's Office, with financial analysis and assistance provided by the OIG’s San Francisco Regional Audit Office and the OIG’s Fraud Detection Office.