A member of the Wade Hampton High School Band Booster organization has been charged with a breach of trust.According to the arrest warrant, Rhonda Kay Clawson, 47, of Greenville, was charged with a breach of trust with fraudulent intent of $10,000 or more.The warrant said BB&T bank documents and various store surveillance video, and other evidence shows Clawson depleted the funds in the school's booster club in excess of $10,000.Clawson has withdrawn from numerous ATMs as well as spent money on items for personal benefit on the BB&T debit card that was entrusted to here from the Wade Hampton High School Booster Club, the warrant said.In an email sent to parents Tuesday from the school's principal Dr. Carlos C. Grant, he said the school was cooperating with law enforcement."Though the Band Boosters are an independent organization without direct oversight from WHHS or GCS, we are cooperating fully with the investigation," Grant wrote."The discrepancy in the Band Booster accounts was discovered by a member of our staff and immediately brought to the attention of law enforcement who has been conducting an investigation into these concerns for the past several weeks," Grant said. Grant said the school will work within the legal system to retrieve for the band program as many of the missing funds as possible.
A member of the Wade Hampton High School Band Booster organization has been charged with a breach of trust.
According to the arrest warrant, Rhonda Kay Clawson, 47, of Greenville, was charged with a breach of trust with fraudulent intent of $10,000 or more.
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The warrant said BB&T bank documents and various store surveillance video, and other evidence shows Clawson depleted the funds in the school's booster club in excess of $10,000.
Clawson has withdrawn from numerous ATMs as well as spent money on items for personal benefit on the BB&T debit card that was entrusted to here from the Wade Hampton High School Booster Club, the warrant said.
In an email sent to parents Tuesday from the school's principal Dr. Carlos C. Grant, he said the school was cooperating with law enforcement.
"Though the Band Boosters are an independent organization without direct oversight from WHHS or GCS, we are cooperating fully with the investigation," Grant wrote.
"The discrepancy in the Band Booster accounts was discovered by a member of our staff and immediately brought to the attention of law enforcement who has been conducting an investigation into these concerns for the past several weeks," Grant said.
Grant said the school will work within the legal system to retrieve for the band program as many of the missing funds as possible.
March 31, 2021 at 05:10AM
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Wade Hampton High School booster club member charged with stealing funds, warrant says - WYFF4 Greenville
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