From Bookkeeper To COO - Not Bad, Except…
She had a past that caught up to her…
It cost her the job and it might have cost the company it’s credibility at the worst possible moment!
Felon Became COO of Wikipedia Foundation
“The foundation that runs — and accepts donations for — the online encyclopedia Wikipedia neglected to do a basic background check before hiring a chief operating officer who had been convicted of theft, drunken driving and fleeing a car accident.
Before she left in July, Carolyn Bothwell Doran, 45, had moved up from a part-time bookkeeper for the Wikimedia Foundation and spent six months as chief operating officer, responsible for personnel and financial management. In March, she signed the small nonprofit’s tax return, which listed more than $1.3 million in donations.”
“At the time, she was on probation for a 2004 hit-and-run accident in Virginia that had landed her seven months in prison. Doran had multiple drunken-driving convictions, and records show earlier run-ins for theft, writing bad checks and wounding her boyfriend with a gunshot to the chest.”
Oops… and… ouch!
An example of how not to make money online or, how to make money temporarily online whilst putting your employers business in jeopardy. Of course the lesson is for an outfit appearing prepared to expand their web presence looking for donations and/or capital infusion to be aware and wary of employees’ histories.
I could mention a few but… naaaaah :)
[“Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, who is on Wikimedia’s board, said he did not expect to find anything amiss but would personally cover any losses that turned up.”]
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