BOD Updates
Statement from the Board of Directors of the Imperial Court de San Diego
August 8, 2023
As a non-profit organization that has been committed to serving San Diego and surrounding communities for over 51 years, we understand that transparency and public trust are essential to achieving our goals. In the second quarter of this year, we discovered unauthorized use of Court funds by our elected treasurer, who has since been removed from their position. The International Court Council has been notified and we are working with the San Diego Police Department, which has opened a criminal investigation. We took immediate action and implemented additional safeguards to prevent
this from happening in the future. We are determined to overcome this and emerge stronger. Since the criminal investigation is ongoing, we are unable to comment further at this time.
Imperial Court de San Diego President of the Board of Directors
July 25, 2023
In June 2023 an executive member of the Board of Directors discovered that the Treasurer utilized
general funds for personal & unauthorized use. Immediate action was taken to freeze all bank accounts,
an emergency board meeting was called the Treasurer was removed by unanimous vote. Although the
preliminary investigation has determined that some charges fall below $5.00, regardless of the amount
we have a strict zero tolerance policy with regards to unauthorized use.
The Board of Directors has elected a new Treasurer, along with an additional signer and a third member
to oversee transactions. We have implemented additional reports regarding funds & fundraising and
other safeguards are in development to ensure such actions do not occur in the future.
Going forward we are going to conduct an internal audit starting from January 2022 through May 2023.
We will determine what charges are authorized, unauthorized and questionable. We will demand that any
unauthored charges be reimbursed and request proof of items in question. If we cannot come to an
agreement, further reimbursement enforcement measures will be taken including (but not limited to) legal
action.
The Board of Directors serious and steadfast in the mission and goals of the organization. We will
continue to always to the right thing and act immediately when there is wrongdoing. We hope to provide
an update in the next 90 days.
Darnelle Williams
Imperial Court de San Diego President of the Board of Directors