Greg Mortenson to repay $1m to charity

 

Author of “Three Cups of Tea” agrees to settlement after being accused of embezzling money from charity he founded.

Greg Mortenson, the former head of a non-profit organisation in the US which has built hundreds of schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan, will repay more than $1m to the charity, according to a settlement agreement…

He was accused last year of embezzling money from the charity, and of fabricating passages in the book, which recounts his inspiration for founding the charity…  (more)

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