I am the resigned past preside, Charlotte Hodge...The Executive Director, who remains in place and continues fund raiding, Rita Best has stated that forgery is "no big deal". I can assure you forgery of my name on a federal tax document that was falsified and full of fabrications and kept secret
from myself and board members...."is a very big deal". Perjury charges pending. See police reports and evidence of theft and fraud.
Following findings issued by Superior Court commissioner Pam Thatcher, November 30. 2012 following a detailed five day hearing outling the concerns by Charlotte Hodge and other eye witnesses to the forgery, fraud and deception of the public interest that continues to this day.
"Clearly there were false statements made on the 990s.
Clearly there were false statements being made in advertisements
available to the public. Ms. Best testified, in fact, a
brochure indicated it was a hospice and bereavement center and
that it had some affiliation with United Way and was just an
oversight with regard to that material being made available to
the public.
Clearly there was testimony that Ms. Best signed both
signatures on a check. We do have testimony from the treasurer
of Riverside Hospice she authorized those signatures, but it is
concerning to the Court that, in fact, she not only signed both
names, but she signed both names on a check made payable to
herself for a bonus payable during a year when Riverside Hospice
showed no profit. Typically bonuses are paid when a company is
profitable.
So the problem with the fraud is that the public
donates to hospice facilities specifically because they are
hospice facilities. Many times members of the public donate to
hospice facilities when they have lost loved ones, and they
donate because they've lost a loved one and donate in honor of
that person. It is unconscionable the term hospice is used by a
facility when, in fact, they aren't.
With regard to Ms. Hodge's concern over the activities
that were going on and her digging into the financial6
information and the fact that there were large sums of money
that had been donated to Riverside Hospice because it holds
itself out as hospice even though it is not, her concerns were
well taken.
Exhibit 2, which is the letter to the Board of
Supervisors, Marion Ashley, contains false statements about
events. It specifically refers to the telephone call with Doug
Millsap. Originally the argument on the 990 was that Doug
Millsap had been available during a purported conference call.
Then the call became not a conference call. Then the testimony
is established, in fact, Mr. Millsap wasn't there at all. There
was testimony that was completely, totally contradictory with
regard to the call made by both Ms. Cadena and Ms. Best
indicating that their testimony with regard to how that call
occurred lacks all credibility.
With regard to the program for Companion Connection
matching volunteers to the elderly, there was some testimony
about that in an attempt, I believe, to lend some credibility to
the fact that Riverside Hospice furnishes some service to the
community. The testimony that was most troubling about the
Companion Connection program was that, in fact, according to Ms.
Best, volunteers are not given any criminal background checks as
what would be required if you were a licensed facility as a
hospice, which, of course, you aren't.
The problem is you are putting people with no
background check directly in contact with elderly people placing
them at great risk. "
comments from Commissioner Pam Thatcher, November 30, 2012 Riverside Superior Court, Riverside California. Following a 5 session hearing
