A criminal complaint was filed with the IRS with over 300 pages of supporting documentation and eventually they worked with the FBI on the matter.  Stan Telchin was called to an audit and Stan Telchin Ministries was shortly thereafter dissolved.  In the dissolution documents, you can see where Stan transfers all assets of the ministry to Jews for Jesus and you will note that Stan Telchin Ministries owned burial crypts.  I wonder how the donors would feel if they knew their money had been used for burial crypts?

You will note a series of letters between Stan and Jews for Jesus. These letters were attached to the final federal tax return. You will also note the tax return was stamped as being received by the "IRS EPIED Division" in St. Petersburg, Florida. This is the location and IRS investigative office that took receipt of the criminal investigation from the FBI and performed the audit.

Read the Treasurer and board member's commentary on this matter and scroll below to see the documents.

ON THE NEED FOR IRS INVOLVEMENT...

"I don't think this thing can be fully resolved (i.e. full restitution made) without the involvement of an IRS auditor, because of the multiple thousands of dollars charged to various credit cards for which Stan says he does not have the receipts. The board never approved these things (and never had the opportunity to), so it will have to be someone with 'clout' to disallow the charges that can't be proved to be Stan Telchin Ministries related.  I specifically asked the IRS agents on October 21, what the clip level for private inurement was, and they said 'one dollar.'  They went on to say, practically, no one would be revoked for a small accidental amount of inurement; it happens all the time. But when there is a 'pattern of behavior' (their words) that demonstrates private inurement, that is when they act."

ON A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR...

"I'd emphasize the questionable expenses demonstrated a pattern of behavior: he didn't get any approval for things he should have gotten approval on; he exceeded maximums for legitimate expenses; he often disguised the purpose when reporting to the board, and sometimes he outright lied to the board."

September and November, 2002