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ADMITS TO STEALING MORE
THAN A MILLION DOLLARS
FROM A NON-PROFIT
FOUNDATION SET UP TO
HELP NEEDY STUDENTS PAY
FOR COLLEGE.
MARISSA ALTER IS LIVE
OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE WHERE THE
DEFENDANTS CHANGED
THEIR PLEA THIS
AFTERNOON.
MARISSA..
VICKI.. IT'S THE CHARITY'S
FORMER CHAIRMAN AND HIS
WIFE.. WHO TOOK PLEA
DEALS HERE TODAY..
IT MEANS 46 MONTHS FOR
CHARLES MUIR AND 6
MONTHS FOR DIANA MUIR..
FAR LESS THAN THEY FACED
HAD THEY BEEN CONVICTED
AT TRIAL.
61 YEAR OLD CHARLES MUIR
AND HIS 60 YEAR OLD WIFE
DIANA.. WALKED INTO THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
THURSDAY.. ACCUSED OF
USING THE WOODCOCK
FOUNDATION AS THEIR
PERSONAL PIGGY BANK.
THE 140 YEAR OLD CHARITY
IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN
LOUISVILLE AND
HEADQUARTERED ON
BAXTER AVENUE.
IT'S GOAL IS TO HELP
STUDENTS IN FINANCIAL
NEED.. GO TO COLLEGE.. A
MISSION THAT'S BEEN PUT IN
JEOPARDY.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
SAY FROM APRIL 2007 TO
JUNE 2011.. CHARLES MUIR
TOOK MORE THAN 1-POINT-1
MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE
CHARITY'S COFFERS AND
USED HIS WIFE'S BUSINESS
TO DO SO.. "DBM-DENTAL
DIRECT."
IN COURT THURSDAY.. THE
COUPLE ADMITTED THAT
CHARLES TRANSFERRED
MONEY FROM THE
FOUNDATION TO DBM IN THE
GUISE OF LOANS..
THEN BOTH USED IT FOR
PERSONAL EXPENSES..EVEN
WITHDRAWING SOME OF THE
FUNDS AT CASINO ATMS IN
INDIANA.
DIANA MUIR'S ATTORNEY
STATED IN COURT.. SHE
DIDN'T KNOW THE MONEY
SHE WAS SPENDING WAS
WOODCOCK'S.
THAT'S WHY HER DEAL
CALLS FOR LESS PRISON
TIME THAN HER HUSBAND'S.
BUT THE MUIRS LEGAL
TROUBLES AREN'T OVER
YET..
THEY ALSO FACE A CIVIL
LAWSUIT FROM THE
WOODCOCK FOUNDATION.
THE CHARITY'S ATTORNEY..
CHRIS HADEN.. RELEASED
THIS STATEMENT FOLLOWING
THE GUILTY PLEAS.
Those associated with the
Woodcock Foundation appreciate
the pursuit of justice in this
matter.
We hope to one day resume the
Woodcock Foundation's historic
mission of providing
scholarships
for students with financial
need.
THE MUIRS PLEADED GUILTY
TO INTERSTATE THEFT AND
MONEY LAUNDERING.
ALONG WITH PRISON TIME..
THEY MUST ALSO PAY THE
MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION
DOLLARS BACK.
REPORTING LIVE.. MA.. WLKY
NEWS
THE MUIRS REMAIN FREE ON
BOND TONIGHT.
THEY'LL BE FORMALLY
SENTENCED IN OCTOBER.
IF THEY HAD BEEN
CONVICTED AT TRIAL THEY
WOULD HAVE FACED UP TO
30 YEARS IN PRISON.