WEST OLIVE, Mich. — An animal shelter in Ottawa County is in need of help after thousands of dollars were stolen from its bank account.
Harbor Humane Society director Jen Self-Aulgur says after recently checking a bank statement, they discovered a $10,000 charge that was not made by the shelter. She believes someone got ahold of their checking account information and used it to pay off a credit card bill.
"I think it's a really good reminder to check your bank statements," says Self-Aulgur. "And realize that unfortunately, there are unscrupulous people out there that don't mind stealing from nonprofits, which is really sad to me."
While they are getting by for now, Self-Aulger says losing that amount of money presents a challenge for their day-to-day operations.
"It does make us have to maybe hold off on purchases that we need to make or different things like that," says Self-Aulger. "I think for nonprofits, too, it's just, we don't tend to think that people will do bad things to us. But unfortunately, there are people out there that will."
Self-Aulger says their bank is currently looking into recovering the stolen money.
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