Source: United States Department of Justice Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ruth M. Mendonça, the Assistant Inspector in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced the arrest today of JEROME DIMITRIOU, the former executive director of a non-profit religious organization (“Organization-1”), on wire fraud charges. Specifically, DIMITRIOU is charged with committing two embezzlement schemes: In one, he allegedly embezzled more than $488,000 from Organization-1 by directing subordinates to issue him unauthorized excess salary payments; in the other, he allegedly charged hundreds of personal…
Jerry Dimitriou speaking at the Clergy Laity Congress on the Archdiocese in Philadelphia in July 2014 urging the parishes to increase their annual mandatory contributions to the Archdiocese. (Photo by TNH/Theodore Kalmoukos)