LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Nebraska Auditor Mike Foley on Tuesday released a startling report on a Nebraska nonprofit.

The Karen Society has been operating for 15 years and has offices in Lincoln, Omaha and Madison, Nebraska.

Named for the Karen people — a large ethnic group in southeast Asia — the society helps refugees and immigrants from Burma build and sustain a high quality of life in Nebraska.

According to Foley’s report, over 99% of the government grant funding channeled to the society was spent improperly.

“Our audit work revealed what gives every indication of being a deliberate and ongoing pattern of monetary mismanagement and abuse that demands the immediate attention of law enforcement,” Foley said in a press release.

Much of that alleged fiscal abuse resulted from the society

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