For the first time, the founder and former executive director of the Seattle-based West African Community Council (WACC), a nonprofit that serves West African immigrants, is publicly defending himself after accusations of embezzlement. “No money is missing. No money is stolen,” said Issa Ndyiade, 43. “I did not commit fraud.” In December, Ndyiade was ousted from the WACC after a court-appointed receiver uncovered approximately $2.3 million in donations that were deposited in an off-the-books account. In March the receiver uncovered another previously undisclosed WACC account, bringing the total in donations that didn’t make it to the organization’s official financial books to $3.2 million, according to legal and financial records. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/no-money-stolen-washingtons-largest-cast-of-alleged-charity-fraud/281-6700d609-7622-4294-b2f8-43d0b4a4590a