The former CEO of a local charity is in jail after violating conditions of her bond.
Linda Greene, 73, appeared Thursday in the courtroom of Wood County Common Pleas Judge Joel Kuhlman via video from the jail.
Greene was arrested Wednesday after she violated the no-contact conditions of her bond.
She solicited donations for IMPACT with Hope, said Wood County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Pamela Gross.
Bond was set at $75,000, with no 10% allowed.
Greene, of Perrysburg, is set to go to trial May 15.
Gross on Feb. 3 filed a motion to revoke bond after a Bowling Green business contacted her office with concerns about the charity. Company representatives indicated Greene had reached out to the company three times in December, seeking continued donations.
“Despite multiple hearings, orders and admonitions, defendant continues to actively and brazenly defy orders of this court by inserting herself into the daily operations of the charity,” Gross wrote.
Defense attorney Jeffrey Collins responded that his client did not contest the violation but said the business had contacted her.
Greene was indicted in February 2021 for telecommunication fraud, aggravated theft and tampering with records, all third-degree felonies; and two counts prohibited acts and practices for charities, both second-degree felonies.
In December, she was told to have no contact, directly or indirectly, with the charity or move out of her residence at the Lighthouse, which is what the main office of the charity is called.
The charity’s board members were aware of the arrangements Greene had made with a family who was staying with her at the Lighthouse, and that contact violated her bond, Gross said at the December hearing.
Greene was ordered to have no contact with the charity with the exception she could continue to live at the Lighthouse and use a company car. Having contact with the board was a violation.
Greene served as president and chief executive officer of Impact with Hope, formerly known as ISOH Impact, in Waterville.
From Jan. 1, 2011 to Nov. 28, 2018, she is accused of soliciting contributions and misleading donors that the money would be used for charitable purposes when in fact they were used for personal use. According to court papers, the victims were elderly persons or disabled adults and the amount received was $37,000 or more from each.
Greene also has been accused of stealing more than $150,000 from the charity in money, services and reimbursements between Sept. 16, 2014, and Sept. 30, 2018.
Between June 8, 2012, and Nov. 29, 2018, she is accused of using telecommunication services to defraud an unnamed victim of $7,500 or more but less than $150,000.
During that same time, Greene allegedly falsified or destroyed accounting records, reimbursement/receipt records and other financial records to conceal the loss of $150,000 from Impact with Hope Ministries.
Gross in May had requested an arrest warrant for Greene after she had raised money for relief in Haiti and Ukraine. On the charity’s website, Greene was still listed as CEO and a member of the board which means she had not relinquished her position or obligations, therefore violating the court’s orders, Gross wrote in the motion to arrest.
Greene was arrested when she entered the courthouse in May. She rejected the plea offer to amend the charge of prohibited acts and practices for charities to a third-degree felony from a second-degree felony.
The remaining three charges would remain unchanged.
The state recommended a sentence of community control with jail time if Greene pleaded guilty to those charges and cooperated with dissolving the charity. She also would be ordered to pay restitution as determined by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
IMPACT provides medical care to children affected by famine, wars, and disasters.
