Former PSAI Executive Director, Assistant Face Multiple Felony Charges

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William F. Carroll, former executive director of the Portable Sanitation Association International, and a fired association assistant face multiple felony charges of embezzlement in Hennepin County District Court in Minnesota. The pair will appear for a pretrail hearing next month. 

Criminal complaints filed in the Fourth Judicial District court allege that Carroll, 66, took hundreds of fraudulent disbursements from PSAI accounts to support spending on gambling and drinking. The compliant against Carroll said that records indicate Carroll took $32,000 in transactions at or immediately outside a casino. A payroll audit of PSAI revealed more than $350,000 had been misappropriated over a three-year period. 

The fired assistant, Cynthia Rudiger, 68, received thousands of dollars in cash payments authorized by William Carroll, then concealed the payments by coding them for “insurance’’ or “payroll adjustment,’’ according to the complaints. 

Carroll, Rudiger and Carroll’s wife, D. Millicent Carroll, the fired PSAI industry/regulatory standards director, are being sued in civil court by the trade association, which alleges the trio stole $650,000 to $1 million from the organization over several years. 

The criminal pretrail hearings are set for Rudiger on Aug. 20 and William Carroll on Aug. 22. A pretrail hearing for the civil suit has been delayed until Oct. 10, with a court trial scheduled for Nov. 4. 

William Carroll and Rudiger each face six charges of Theft by Swindle Over $35,000 for incidents occurring between 2009 and 2011. The penalty for conviction is up to 20 years in prison and/or a $100,000 fine for each count. 

In the criminal complaints, Carroll said he directed Rudiger to code improper transactions so they would appear legitimate to the association’s accounting firm. He told police he took most of the money for gambling and alcohol. Rudiger told police she was aware of Carroll’s actions, but thought it was OK because he was paying the money back. Records indicate Carroll returned a small fraction of the money taken. 

Carroll authorized payments to Rudiger coded under insurance, and Rudiger told police she thought they were justified because she had gone without a salary increase. She admitted she didn’t report those payments on her income tax returns. 

A 25-page civil suit alleges that beginning in at least 2004, the Carrolls and Rudiger stole PSAI funds in a variety of ways. William Carroll allegedly took $504,000 in direct funds over that period, as well as $70,400 in unearned and false merit-based bonuses. The suit alleges Millicent Carroll took $12,000 in direct payments and $33,100 in false merit-based bonuses over that period. It states Rudiger took $12,000 in direct funds and $23,400 in unearned or false merit-based bonuses. The suit also alleges the trio was responsible for at least $50,000 in unacceptable benefits and perks over that time period. 

William Carroll resigned his post April 3, 2012, and Millicent Carroll and Rudiger were fired shortly afterward. William Carroll held his position with the PSAI since 1990. 

The full criminal complaints can be found here:

www.pumper.com/assets/pdfs/Cynthia-Rudiger-complaint.pdf

www.pumper.com/assets/pdfs/William-Carroll-complaint.pdf



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