DENVER — The Colorado Behavioral Health Administration fired a high-paid employee Friday afternoon after it learned that she was hired while under investigation by the state Attorney General’s Office for allegedly stealing nearly $100,000 from a nonprofit she used to lead.
Lindsay Salas was hired by the BHA in November for a leadership position paying $188,000 annually. At the time of her hiring, the Attorney General’s Office was already investigating her for alleged theft during her previous employment at Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Adams and Broomfield Counties, a nonprofit organization.
According to the Attorney General’s Office complaint, a donor to CASA had agreed to fund Salas’ master’s degree tuition at the University of Denver. Prosecutors allege Salas ran a scheme in which she had the donor overpay her tuition or make payments when no balance was owed. When the university identified a surplus in her account, it refunded the money directly to Salas. The alleged theft totaled $99,000 between 2023 and 2024…