Swiping $900K on the Front Nine

A Country Club's Embezzlement Wake-Up Call

In 2023, Kinley Brice Lee, a 29-year-old controller at Coldstream Country Club in Ohio, and his wife embezzled nearly $900,000 from the club. Lee orchestrated the theft through fake reimbursements, fraudulent PayPal transactions linked to a company credit card, unauthorized wire transfers, and inflating his salary.

The couple fled to Mexico just before a financial audit uncovered their scheme.

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