Founder of faith nonprofit pleads guilty to theft, fraud
The former executive director and founder of The Lazarus Experience, a faith-based nonprofit institution aimed at helping prisoners reenter society, has pleaded guilty to stealing over $200,000 from the group and its donors, including elderly Ohioans. Thomas Ostrosky, 52, who founded the christian ministry in 2017, was charged wiht multiple felonies including theft, solicitation fraud, telecommunications fraud, and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. The organization is no longer operating. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost condemned Ostrosky’s actions as a serious betrayal of the community’s trust. Ostrosky was indicted in April, arrested in Florida, and is scheduled for sentencing in December in lucas County, Ohio.
Founder of faith nonprofit pleads guilty to theft, fraud
(The Center Square) – The former director of a nonprofit faith organization that worked to help prisoners reenter society pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from the group.
Attorney General Dave Yost said in a release Thursday that Thomas Ostrosky, 52, was the executive director of The Lazarus Experience in Sylvania, and he stole $207,000 from the group and its donors, which included elderly Ohioans.
He founded the organization, described as a Christian ministry, in 2017. It is no longer in operation.
“The defendant exploited the goodwill of donors who believed in the organization’s mission,” Yost said. “Such a shameful betrayal of the community’s trust demands accountability.”
Ostrosky pleaded guilty to felony charges of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, theft from a person in a protected class, solicitation fraud and telecommunications fraud.
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Ostrosky was indicted April 14 by a Lucas County grand jury and arrested two days later in Dade City, Fla.
He’s expected to be sentenced Dec. 2 in Lucas County.
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