Man guilty of theft from Naperville adoption agency
The former director of a Naperville adoption agency was found guilty of theft Tuesday for stealing stole more than $200,000,
Robert Geniesse, 52, was found guilty of theft over $100,000, forgery and wire fraud in connection to the theft at the Our Children's Homestead adoption agency.
Judge George Bakalis, in his 19-page opinion, wrote that Geniesse spent agency money on extravagances and personal expenses, Geniesse said that many items he purchased including gas, fast food lunches and coffee were business related.
"These are not large expenses but indicative of how the defendant believed he could use (the organization's credit) card," Bakalis wrote.
Among some of the purchases were tickets to pro-sports events and a trip to the Sundance Film Festival.
Geniesse was also accused of diverting agency money to a film-production company he started, and was sending money to family members.
Geniesse, 52, was fired from Our Children's Homestead in 2011 and he left the U.S. in 2012, just days before he was charged with embezzling. He flew to Germany to be with his wife but was later extradited to America to face charges.