A woman accused of participating in a scheme that defrauded a Pittsburgh-based charity was convicted on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Attorney General Dave Sunday said Ramona Wilkes, 65, was found guilty of corrupt organizations, criminal conspiracy, theft by deception, receiving stolen property, deceptive business practices and criminal use of a communication facility. Sunday added that all of those charges are felonies.
Investigators said Wilkes worked with the Tickets for Kids, a nonprofit that helps give low-income kids tickets to sporting events and places like museums. Those tickets never made it to some children. Instead, police say Wilkes, a group of co-conspirators and two business entities participated in a scheme where they got more than 22,000 event tickets, which they sold for a combined profit of $760,000…