The trust built between donors and local charities took a hit last week as Colorado’s top prosecutor finalized a deal to claw back nearly $100,000 in stolen funds.
Attorney General Phil Weiser announced on Wednesday that Lindsay Salas, the former executive director of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Adams and Broomfield Counties, has entered a settlement following an investigation into her misuse of charitable donations.
The scheme, which unfolded between November 2023 and July 2024, involved a series of fabricated tuition invoices. Investigators discovered that Salas submitted these fake bills to CASA for her graduate school education, even though she didn’t actually owe the university any money…