Cancer Executive Admits to Stealing
September 7, 2000 | Read Time: 1 minute
A former top executive of the American Cancer Society’s Ohio Division has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $7.8-million from the charity.
Daniel S. Wiant, chief administrative officer in the society’s Ohio headquarters, admitted that, dating back to 1997, he had engaged in bank fraud, money laundering, mail fraud, and illegal use of a credit card. He is in custody awaiting sentencing.
Mr. Wiant’s criminal actions came to light in June (The Chronicle, June 15) when authorities said he called his wife and told her he was never coming home again and that he had embezzled from the cancer society. Mr. Wiant fled the United States for Europe, and charity officials soon discovered that he had transferred nearly $7-million of the charity’s funds to a bank account in Austria.
