Hospitality exec’s letter: Employee's gambling to blame for missing money

A handwritten letter penned by a prominent hospitality executive before he killed himself blames his organization’s former accountant for transferring the group’s money through her personal checking account to offshore accounts to pay for online gambling.

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Sat, March 24th, 2012

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