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Ireland Funds awarded €2.3m damages in fraud and theft case

Former director and her son embezzled funds from the American philanthropic group that raises money in the US for Irish causes

Karla Stover and her son, Robert Joseph (RJ) Stover: accused of embezzling funds

The Ireland Funds in America has been awarded more than $2.3 million in damages after a former director was found guilty of committing fraud, theft and breaching her fiduciary duty between 2015 and 2018.

In 2018, a case taken by the American entity of the Ireland Funds, a philanthropic group, said that Karla Stover and her son, Robert Joseph (RJ) Stover, embezzled funds while she was responsible for fundraising in Texas and Colorado. Stover and ...