A jury has convicted Institute for International Sport founder Dan Doyle of all 18 charges, including embezzlement and forgery.
Prosecutors argued that Doyle siphoned funds from the nonprofit he founded for his own use, including plastic eye surgery, wedding expenses for one of his daughters and forging signatures on checks made out to himself. The trial included several dozen witnesses and lasted for months.
At the Washington County Superior Court, jurors began deliberations last Monday in what is believed to be the state’s longest-running criminal trial.
After they delivered guilty verdicts on all 18 counts, State Attorney Patrick Youngs spoke with reporters outside the courthouse.
“When this trial started it was 85 degrees out, and this morning it snowed, that’s a long haul for this jury,” Youngs said. “We’re gratified that they saw it the way we presented it, and the fact that they took a week to deliberate shows how conscientious they were.”
Youngs said he hoped the verdict would send a strong message to people with access to the finances of charitable institutions.
“Certainly anybody that’s running a nonprofit that thinks it’s going to be their own personal piggy bank, this would be a lesson for them I would hope.”
