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	D.C. Mosque Alleges Embezzlement Science Daily October 11, 2006 http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20061011-11372700-bc-us-islamiccenter.xml Washington, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A major Washington mosque has filed a lawsuit alleging its financial manager embezzled more than $300,000 of its funds into his own businesses. The Islamic Center of Washington suspended longtime financial manager Farzad Darui last month and is suing him in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., The Washington Times reported Wednesday. The center's director, Abdullah Khouj, said in the suit he approved check requests Darui made since the 1990s but never to the companies that cashed them. Darui told the newspaper the lawsuit was "factually incorrect," and said his lawyer's written response would be filed in court next week. The suit says the center receives funding from Saudi Arabia and is required to send copies of its checks to the Saudi Embassy in Washington. Concern about finances arose after Khouj ordered an independent audit before he leaves his post to become Saudi ambassador to South Africa, the report said.
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