Tag: Visalus
Post 34 – Trial – Kristie Koester (part 1)
Kristie Koester was a hard-working mother who was a great partner in raising well-educated girls. She had a heart for others. She always did the right thing even if it required her to have an inner conflict and even go against herself. Continue reading…
Post 27 – Trial – Corey Pratt (part 1)
Pg. 391 Channa Beard Prosecutor “Could you recall when these complaints came to the charitable section?” Pratt “They came to my desk around July 2013, if I remember correctly.” Interestingly this is a month after the Serda family left. 14 complaints. Continue reading…
Post 26 – Trial – Spencer Moody (part 2)
Beard “Who was it that was kind of running the Visalus then?” Moody “As far as I remember it was Jason.” Beard “In regards to Visalus, do you recall when that started?” Moody “I want to say it was around January or February of 13. I have a tax document for 2013; but that’s all I remember.” Continue reading…
Post 25 – Trial – Spencer Moody (part 1)
Spencer was right, he wrote the checks to Jason or Kristie and they, as with Stephanie, would order more Visalus. Continue reading…
Post 21 – Trial – Stephanie Serda (part 5)
“But then again he kind of came up with these ideas. I was like, great, and had him run with that.” If you recall, the theft was based on not having consent. Continue reading…
Post 19 – Trial – Stephanie Serda (part 3)
The Wood County prosecutors had the records of Jason, Kristie, and Dawid along with a few others buying all the Visalus product. There will be more testimony on this. However, they charged him with stealing these reimbursements. The Wood County investigator Douglas Kinder lied about not being able to track the money. The bank records show the purchase of Visalus. The Visalus records show where the purchases came from. Continue reading…
Post 18 – Trial – Stephanie Serda (part 2)
Serda “And I remember him explaining a product called Visalus. Basically it was like a health shake or something. And he told, you know, myself and then another worker, you know, if we could sign up and be part of the program, you know, we would set it up so it was set up personally, like through me, and then through my coworker. And then we could turn it around so that we would donate the proceeds to the community center.” Continue reading…
Post 13 – Trial – Anita Serda (part 6)
Anita Serda, Festival, Finances, Fundraising, Gift Cards, PHCA, Toledo Community Foundation, Treasurer, VisalusPg. 236 Anderson “During the time you were there, were they doing pretty consistent draws off the endowment fund to help allay the costs?” Serda “When I was still involved, we did that on an annual basis.” Continue reading…
Post 3 – Visalus
$5k, Anita Serda, Board, eBay, Elisa Rodriguez, Finances, Fundraising, Jason, Kristie Koester, PHCA, Prosecutor, Spencer Moody, Stephanie Serda, Visalus, VolunteeringKristie and Dawid began selling Visalus through the PHCA. At this point, Kristie had already earned a status that earned her a $600 a month bonus toward the purchase of a black 7 series BMW. It was one of the perks of being a great salesperson. The PHCA received 5% of the sales. So, the process was simple. They would buy $5,000 worth of Visalus. Sell it on eBay for their cost plus free shipping and handling. Anyone who knows how eBay works knows that when you state free shipping and handling you still are paying for it, you just… Continue reading…
Post 2 – Before the War
Board, Dawid Smith, eBay, Elisa Rodriguez, Festival, Finances, Jason, Lawn Equipment, PHCA, Real Estate, Stephanie Serda, Visalus, VolunteeringJason had been a volunteer for some time before joining the board of directors. This was his first year with a significant role in the annual festival and the financial operations of the community center. Admittedly, Jason was not aware of how tight the finances of the PHCA were since the departure of several high-level fundraisers from the board due to a prior conflict with the same board members that would cause the new conflict. At the time Jason first joined the board, the PHCA had what one would consider a reasonable overhead. However, with little to no income it… Continue reading…
