{"id":5366,"date":"2026-07-08T14:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5366"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:06:16","slug":"president-of-nc-nonprofit-convicted-of-embezzling-over-400k-for-online-sports-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5366","title":{"rendered":"President of NC nonprofit convicted of embezzling over $400K for online sports bets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. (WJZY) \u2014 The president of a Lincoln County nonprofit has been convicted of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the organization, deputies say.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5364\">Ex-NC assistant principal charged with firing gun at school after responding to intruder, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, in March 2025, Kevin Joe Turner and the vice president of the organization, Melanie Dambrosio Turner, were arrested and charged with embezzlement after financial irregularities were discovered on the charity\u2019s bank records.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PREVIOUS | President, vice president of Lincoln County nonprofit charged with embezzlement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Board members received complaints from volunteers and vendors about non-payments for fundraising events. Those board members then reported it to the sheriff\u2019s office. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5362\">NC Gov. Josh Stein addresses dispute over Charlotte potentially repaying funds for canceled I-77 widening project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bank records showed that Kevin Turner made purchases using the charity\u2019s bank card to place online sports bets valued at more than $400,000 in six months. Other purchases were allegedly made where vehicle maintenance was performed multiple times dating back to January 2024 on the vice president\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit provided opportunities for parents of children participating in various activities to raise money to offset the costs associated with the extracurricular activity. <\/p>\n<p>On June 30, Kevin Joe Turner, 51, of Lincolnton, was convicted of three felony counts of embezzlement of more than $100,000 each in Lincoln County Superior Court after pleading guilty. He was taken into custody and given an active sentence of 58 to 82 months to be served in the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections.  <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5360\">Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 condemns Paraguayan senator over racist remarks after World Cup match<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melanie Turner\u2019s case is still pending. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. (WJZY) &#8212; The president of a Lincoln County nonprofit has been convicted of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the organization, deputies say. Last year, in March 2025, Kevin Joe Turner and the vice president of the organization, Melanie Dambrosio Turner, were arrested and charged with embezzlement after financial irregularities were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President of NC nonprofit convicted of embezzling over $400K for online sports bets - Raleigh Moving News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5366\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President of NC nonprofit convicted of embezzling over $400K for online sports bets - Raleigh Moving News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. 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