Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. She cant leave the premises unless shes given permission and she has to tell them where shes going and she has to be accompanied by somebody, the defense attorney told The Post. Some of them said they couldnt understand why the school had been operating on shoestring budget while Sister Mary Margaret and Sister Lana had been going on gambling sprees. Seemingly in the clear after that, she used the embezzled cash for expenses that the order would not have approved, much less paid for from Nevada casinos to paying off credit cards. Its unclear what will happen to Chang, or whether shes even involved in any ongoing investigation. By Megan Carpentier The St. James Catholic Church school in Torrance, California, on February 7, 2022. Most of the funds she blew on gambling trips to Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe with her friend and housemate, Sister Lana Chang. Mary Margaret Kreuper, principal of St. James Catholic School in Torrance, Calif., until 2018, was charged with stealing more than $835,000 in school funds to pay for personal expenses, including gambling trips. Sisters Mary Margaret Krueper, left, and Lana Chang. She served as the schools principal for 29 years. Police said they were still carrying out their own investigation. A. Shawn graduated from Batesville High School in 1991 before attending Ball State University and receiving his BS from . Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, of Los Angeles, will plead guilty to fraud and money laundering and faces up to 40 years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The archdiocese informed authorities of the matter in 2018 when financial reviews during a change in leadership showed a substantial amount of school funds had been misappropriated for personal use by Sister Mary Margaret during her tenure as school principal, church officials said. However, Sister Kreuper wasnt alone in her scheme. Byrne said the Order of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet already imposed some severe and onerous restrictions on Kreuper. 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Officials in the archdiocese of Los Angeles told parents that they had proof that a Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper and Sister Lana Chang had stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from the St James Catholic School in Torrance. Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper and Sister Lana Chang of St.James Catholic School caught embezzling $500K for personal use, including gambling as church declines to press charges. It is believed the nuns used that money to spend on travel and gambling at casinos over the years. "These nuns took a vow of poverty and said, 'Oh no, we've got a rich uncle'. A subsequent financial review found that a substantial amount of school funds had been misappropriated for personal use by Sister Mary Margaret, with the Torrance Police Department expanding its investigation into the matter in December 2018. While Kreuper spent the schools funds on gambling trips, the former principal continued to ask parents to donate more money to the school on top of their $6,000 annual tuition. Last updated on: February 7, 2022, 08:42h. "I have sinned, I have broken the law, and I have no excuses," Kreuper told U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II, Los Angeles Times reported. Prosecutors asked for a sentence of two years, but US District Judge Otis D. Wright II said during Mondays sentencing that he also struggled to find the proper sentence for the nun, and even said she was one heck of a teacher., You can be proud of that, Wright said, according to the LA Times. Nun Stole Over $800,000 to Support Gambling Habit, Prosecutors Say, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/us/california-nun-guilty-gambling.html. At the time of Flynns reporting, St. James School estimated the two women embezzled around $500,000. She is scheduled to appear in the Federal District Court in Los Angeles on July 1. The statement also condemned the embezzlement, saying, we will not defend the actions of our Sisters. In December 2018, after a meeting with the archdiocese, the Torrance Police Department said that it was dedicating additional staffing to help examine evidence and find people who had submitted tuition checks, account payment information or cash donations. "Our community is concerned and saddened by this situation and regret any injury to our long relationship with the families of the school," the Order said in a statement. Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper admits to stealing over $835k from a Catholic School. CA: 2 Nuns Accused of Stealing Substantial Amount of Money From South Bay Catholic School.Principal, Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, and teacher Sister Lana Chang.Substantial amount of school funds for their personal use.https://t.co/nIiuz3JiDR. Ultimately Kreuper admitted to stealing over $835,000. Before Kreuper was sentenced, parents of children attending St. James and former students sent letters about Kreuper's role at the school and the impact of her actions. Instead, they planned to address the situation internally through the investigation, restitution, and sanctions on the sisters. But that plan changed with the charges recently brought up against Sister Kreuper. Jack Alexander of Redondo Beach said that the pair would often go traveling and gambling, claiming they had been given the money by a rich relative. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. A staff writer for All Thats Interesting, Marco Margaritoff has also published work at outlets including People, VICE, and Complex, covering everything from film to finance to technology. Two longtime nuns at St. James Catholic School in Torrance allegedly embezzled as much as $500,000 in tuition, fees and donations. But not all the parishioners were as understanding. This lulled St. James School and the Administration into believing that the schools finances were being properly accounted for and its financial assets properly safeguarded, which, in turn, allowed defendant Kreuper to maintain her access and control of the schools finances and accounts and, thus, continue operating the fraudulent scheme, according to the DOJ. 178.79.131.117 All rights reserved. The 80-year-old nun also was ordered to pay a total of. To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com. Sister Mary Margaret became a nun when she turned 18 in 1960 and took a vow of poverty. The two embezzling sisters are Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper and Sister Lana Chang. According to local news outlet KTLA5, Kreuper was aided by Sister Lana Chang, who taught eighth grade and was vice-principal at the school. What are the details? Powered by. Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, a former principal at St James Catholic School in Torrance, California, used tuition fees and donations to subsidize casino gambling expenses and credit. She diverted school funds into the St. James Convent Account and the St. James Savings Account, which were used "to pay for expenses that the order would not have approved, much less paid for, including large gambling expenses incurred at casinos and certain credit card charges," the Department of Justice stated. Head Nun Caught Stealing Over $800,000 From Catholic Elementary School Where She Worked. Sister Mary Margaret Gambling. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Principal, Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, and teacher Sister Lana Chang. Ad Choices, That Lying, Gambling, Embezzling Nun Pleads Guilty. The offices of the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California revealed that she had used funds raised for the school for personal expenses as well as gambling. She was rumbled in June 2018, just as she was about to retire after 28 years as principal, when an internal audit blew the lid off the racket. They noted that a lay person in the same situation could expect a lengthy prison sentence. The archdiocese of Los Angeles told parents about the suspected embezzlement in a meeting on Monday evening. She retired as the schools principal in 2018, after 28 years in the role, it said. But officials from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles told parents and alumni of the school that auditors have not been able to trace all of the money trail. A California nun will plead guilty to swindling over $800,000 from the Catholic elementary school she ran to help pay for her gambling trips, federal prosecutors said. We were an ATM, and people know it and they wont ask for justice, Jack Alexander, a father at the school, said. She also admitted to falsifying monthly and annual financial reports, and to telling school employees to alter and destroy financial records during an audit, the prosecutors statement and court documents said. What happened is wrong. Crime Calif. Nun, 80, Sentenced for Stealing More than $800K from Catholic School to Fund Gambling Addiction Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper pleaded guilty for using funds to pay for. Kreuper acknowledged that for a period of 10 years ending in September 2018, she embezzled $835,339 from St. James Catholic School. She confessed to causing losses to St. James Catholic School totaling $835,339 over the course of the scheme, the statement said. People gamble in a casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in this illustrative image. Alexander said, These nuns took a vow of poverty and said, Oh, no, weve got a rich uncle, Alexander told the paper. The archdiocese and St. James Parish and School are grateful to local and federal law enforcement agencies for their work in the investigation of this matter. Substantial amount of school funds for their personal use.https://t.co/nIiuz3JiDR, Dalton (@DaltonReport) December 1, 2018. This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Torrance and Sister Lana Chang. It remains unclear which years specifically she embezzled funds from the school during her 28-year tenure there, though she did admit to doing so for over a decade. Some parents said they planned to go to the police as a complaining party. Kreuper pleaded guilty to the charges in July and also admitted she falsified monthly and annual reports to the school administration, and told employees to cover up her fraudulent conduct. Police have been informed but the Archdiocese does not intend to pursue criminal proceedings against the sisters. Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. Wasnt it weird that she and her friends won every single raffle. Then, read about the Missouri nun who smuggled two pounds of cocaine and blamed her internet boyfriend for doing so. Sisters Mary Margaret Kreuper and Lana Chang, who belong to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, are suspected of embezzling a "substantial" amount of money from a Catholic school in. Kreuper, 79, could get sentenced to up to 40 years behind bars. The disgraced nun stole hundreds of thousands of . It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Richard D. Stabile. A federal judge sentenced Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, a nun and former Catholic school principal, to a year in prison for embezzling more than $835,000 from the school she ran to fund a more secular lifestyle including gambling trips. Thanks for contacting us. But all the while, they were using school funds to pay for their jaunts. Alexander also pointed out that the two nuns had routinely lied to parents at the school about how they were paying for their vacations and their gambling trips. Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper and Sister Lana Chang were seen as two of the strictest nuns at St James Catholic School in Torrance, California. One man, whose children attend St James, grumbled that the nuns had been using the school as if it was their own private ATM. A financial review showed a substantial amount of school funds had been misappropriated for personal use by Sister Mary Margaret, it said. It was then that Kreuper started to get nervous and told two employees to destroy documents and directed them to not mention to the auditors that certain documents were missing. She also controlled the schools credit union accounts, which she used to divert other funds into that she would then use for the spending, according to prosecutors. Kreuper pleaded guilty in July to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges. As a Catholic nun, Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper had taken a vow of poverty. Regardless, dont trust any nun who absolutely crushes Texas Holdem, and read Flynns original story here. Your email address will not be published. Of course! Diverting embezzled funds into secret accounts, Kreuper used the money "to pay for expenses that the order would not have approved, much less paid for," including large gambling expenses and trips to Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and Temecula, according to her plea agreement. This was really an abuse of position of trust, right, Kumar said. Pictured, Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper and Sister Lana Chang of St.James Catholic School, Torrance, California. Kreuper stole about $83,000 per year, which is the equivalent of tuition for 14 students, prosecutors argued. . 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Sister Mary Margaret retired in June after 28 years as principal of the K-8 school, which serves students from Torrance and Redondo Beach. A great part of her early education came from her mother, who consulted the Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives for advice and commissioned him to write De Institutione Feminae Christianae, a treatise on the . We do know they had a pattern of going to casinos, and the reality is, they used the account as their personal account, the attorney told the crowd at the meeting. Despite taking a vow of poverty, an 80-year-old nun was sentenced on Monday for stealing more than $800,000 to pay for personal expenses, including gambling trips. Scott Varley/Torrance Daily Breeze, via Getty Images. Kumar added Kreupers scheme was revealed after the school performed an informal audit shortly after the nun announced she would be retiring as principal in 2018. Eventually, a forensic accountant discovered that there was a half-million dollars missing from the schools accounts. And I don't look at nuns as ordinary people. As principal, Kreuper was responsible for the money the school garnered in tuition, fees, and charitable donations. Sister Kreuper who took a vow of poverty confessed to using the embezzled funds to pay for personal expenses, including her gambling habit. Officials said the sisters were in charge of collecting checks and depositing them into the schools account. CA: 2 Nuns Accused of Stealing Substantial Amount of Money From South Bay Catholic School. While investigators found the two gave some of the stolen money back to the school, the rest was used for their "personal gain." The 80-year old nun was ordered to pay $825,338.57 she embezzled while principal at St.. 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Wikimedia CommonsKreuper used the stolen funds for personal expenses like paying off credit cards but primarily to finance her gambling habit at casinos across Nevada. But instead of managing the money as the school intended, Kreuper reportedly forged monthly and annual financial statements for the school as well as ordered multiple employees to falsify or destroy records in the midst of an audit. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Let the family know you are thinking of them. But this week, prosecutors said Sister Mary Margaret, 79, had agreed to plead guilty to stealing more than $835,000 from a Catholic elementary school to support a gambling habit and to pay for other personal expenses. She was running the school that these parents had chosen to send their children [to], and not just for the academics. They wanted to get a Catholic education with the morals and values that they believed in and that they lead their lives in, and thats what they were looking for in the school. Kreuper even took fellow nuns on some of those excursions and spent thousands of the elementary schools money, Kumar said. After reading about the retired nun who stole over $800,000 to support her gambling habit, learn about the dead priest whose DNA could help solve a nuns decades-old murder. Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, was charged Tuesday with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, according to the U.S. attorney's office for the Central District of California. As principal of St. James Catholic School in Torrance, California, she certainly did but while also embezzling more than $835,000 in funds to support her secretive gambling habit. 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Nuns joining Kreupers, order, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, take vows of poverty when they are called to their vocation. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. According to The New York Times, the 79-year-old retired nun was just recently charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper admitted embezzling $835,000 from St James Catholic School in the LA suburb of Torrance. She ran the institution on a shoestring while plundering an account containing tuition fees and charitable donations over a period of ten years. They were able to get away with it because the school was doing so well, financially, that nobody ever missed the money. Click to reveal There have been calls among some parents for the pair to be charged while others said they should be forgiven. Mary was a precocious child. She will be under two years supervision when she is released, Kumar said. Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, of Los Angeles, was sentenced Monday to one year and one day for fraud and money laundering charges. The sisters stole a total of $500,000, or half a million dollars, officials said. The nuns funneled hundreds of thousands of fundraising dollars into a shell account to support a gambling habit. He said some former St. James Catholic School students even wrote letters to the judge in support of their former teacher and principal. The audit uncovered a long-forgotten account into which Kreuper would divert checks made out to the school. Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, was charged Tuesday with wire fraud and money laundering for ripping off St. James Catholic School for a period of 10 years ending in September 2018, according to a press release from the US Attorneys Office in the Central District of California. Archdiocese lawyer Marge Graf said the nuns' order agreed to pay the school full restitution and impose "severe sanctions" on Kreuper and Chang. Name, email and comment will be stored in our database. But according to the US Attorneys Office Central District of California, Kreuper diverted funds to pay for expenses that the order would not have approved, much less paid for, including large gambling expenses incurred at casinos and certain credit card charges.. Kreuper and Chang are both members of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. As soon as she was confronted, she accepted full responsibility for what she had done and she has cooperated completely with law enforcement and the archdiocese, her lawyers told The Guardian. After charges were filed, her attorneys issued a statement saying Sister Mary Margaret suffered "from mental illness that clouded her judgment and caused her to do something that she otherwise would not have done. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, thenView saved stories. https://t.co/fsUwStYj3J. Kreuper was only exposed when she retired in 2018 and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles noted some irregularities in the schools bookkeeping while searching for her replacement. Kreuper used the stolen funds for personal expenses like paying off credit cards but primarily to finance her gambling habit at casinos across Nevada. Graf said: "We do know that they had a pattern of going on trips, we do know they had a pattern of going to casinos, and the reality is, they used the account as their personal account.". (Youtube/KCAL) Listen Defense attorney Mark Byrne told The Post that Kreuper joined her order when she was 18 years old and has been an educator for 54 years. Chang was a teacher for 20 years before being promoted to vice principal. 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