Editing Alpha Theta (section)

=== Embezzlement ===

In February 2011, the Alpha Theta House Corporation filed suit against a former treasurer, Bruce McAllister, alleging that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the fraternity.<ref name="TheD-20110418">{{cite news |date=April 18, 2011 |title=Alpha Theta sues former treasurer |url=http://thedartmouth.com/2011/04/18/news/alphatheta |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420134808/http://thedartmouth.com/2011/04/18/news/alphatheta |archive-date=April 20, 2011 |access-date=November 3, 2011 |journal=[[The Dartmouth]]}}</ref> McAllister was also sued by the Meccawe Club, a private fishing club in Vermont, and became the target of a federal investigation later that year.<ref name="VermontStandard20110418">{{cite news |date=May 18, 2011 |title=Meccawe's Treasurer Hit With Lawsuits Over Funds |url=http://www.thevermontstandard.com/2011/05/meccawe’s-treasurer-hit-with-lawsuits-over-funds/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103003215/http://www.thevermontstandard.com/2011/05/meccawe%e2%80%99s-treasurer-hit-with-lawsuits-over-funds/ |archive-date=January 3, 2017 |access-date=January 30, 2019 |journal=[[Vermont Standard]]}}</ref> In November 2011 McAllister, a former financial auditor at Dartmouth College, was indicted for wire fraud following an investigation by the [[United States Secret Service]].<ref name="USAOVT">{{cite news |date=November 9, 2011 |title=Bruce Mcallister Pleads Not Guilty to Not-For-Profit Embezzlement |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/vt/press/releases/20111109_mcallister.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114035503/http://www.justice.gov/usao/vt/press/releases/20111109_mcallister.html |archive-date=January 14, 2012 |access-date=January 17, 2012 |journal=United States Attorney's Office District of Vermont}}</ref><ref name="BFP2011102">{{cite news |date=November 2, 2011 |title=Ex-Dartmouth College auditor accused of misuse of groups' funds |url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20111102/NEWS07/111102035/Ex-Dartmouth-College-auditor-accused-misuse-groups-funds |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119031018/http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20111102/NEWS07/111102035/Ex-Dartmouth-College-auditor-accused-misuse-groups-funds |archive-date=January 19, 2013 |access-date=November 3, 2011 |journal=[[The Burlington Free Press]]}}</ref> McAllister was sentenced on November 26, 2012, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to eighteen months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to wire fraud. U.S. District Judge [[William K. Sessions III]] also ordered that McAllister serve three years of supervised release after he completes his prison term and pay slightly more than $800,000 in restitution to Alpha Theta and the Meccawe Club. McAllister was ordered to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on January 8, 2013, to begin serving his sentence. McAllister's sentence was reduced due to a medical condition, which included [[bladder cancer]], [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]], and kidney blockage. The court recommended that McAllister be confined at the Bureau of Prison's medical facility in Massachusetts.<ref name="BFP20121126">{{cite news |date=November 26, 2012 |title=Ex-Dartmouth College official gets 18 months in prison |url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20121126/NEWS07/311260022/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118212341/http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20121126/NEWS07/311260022/ |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |access-date=November 28, 2012 |journal=The Burlington Free Press}}</ref>