A 63-year-old Arlington man pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding a D.C. nonprofit organization out of more than $400,000, federal prosecutors said.
Earl Staubs, the former finance director for the Center for Applied Linguistics, faces 30 to 37 months of prison, according to federal guidelines, prosecutors said.
Staubs admitted in court that he improperly directed money from checks belonging to CAL into another bank account in “off the book” transactions. Staubs used a check endorser from the desk of another CAL employee to endorse and deposit the checks at a D.C. bank. As a result of Staubs’ actions, CAL suffered losses of approximately $438,098. Staubs is currently serving a state prison sentence in Virginia for a separate embezzlement scheme.
