Extravagant spending a pervasive issue for Trinity, internal review says

"While no system is perfect and employees may not turn in 100% of their receipts, the missing receipts from 2008 to 2009 seemed to increase dramatically. For instance, during a 3 month period, one of the American Express cardholders charged items for over $60,000 and no receipts for these 57 charges were included in the documentation to the approved bill. Obviously, TBN accepts as true that these items had an ordinary and necessary ministry purpose since the charges were not disputed, but the IRS would treat them as inurring to the benefit of the purchaser considering them 'nonexempt' expenditures."

"During the course of the credit card review, we noted that Paul and Jan's vitamins, prescriptions and other medical related expenses were paid with ministry credit cards, and were not reimbursed by them. Such expenses should be included in the W-2 income for Paul and Jan and should be recorded as taxable fringe benefit.

"As in prior years, the documentation of the business use of TBN guest houses is not complete or sufficient. Given the potential for personal use on a residential property, it is imperative that the organization maintain accurate and complete logs documenting the use of these properties....We asked to view the Shiloh Ranch property .... During this tour, it came to my attention that one of the guest houses used predominately by a control party has ATV's on the property which were purchased by TBN. ATV's at a guest house generally used by control parties would likely be considered inherently personal in use and I believe the IRS would disallow them as ministry assets. I suggest that the control party purchase them from TBN at the price originally paid or that they are included in the W-2 or 1099 Misc of the control party as taxable earnings."

"It is nothing more than a desperate attempt by "uncle McVeigh" and his lawyer to avoid having to pay Trinity's (and all defendants) lawyer's fees and costs in defending against this contrived suit, and in filing an anti-SLAPP Motion for dismissal of the McVeigh case. The anti-SLAPP Motion made plain that, as a matter of California law, McVeigh's claim of malicious prosecution, etc., is utterly baseless and he is responsible to therefore pay the legal fees and costs of Trinity, et al. The dismissal of the case will not alter this responsibility

...(S)everal of the documents appear to have been fabricated or altered by Koper. That is a very serious concern, and until I can determine authenticity, let me properly reiterate what I have said previously: Trinity takes its financial stewardship seriously, and this is why it conducts two separate comprehensive and independent annual reviews. The first review covers all financial procedures, transactions, and record keeping in order to insure GAAP and FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) compliance. The second covers IRS compliance. Trinity properly responds to these audits every year."