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Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical, Christian housing ministry where people volunteer to help build houses. The houses are not given away to families in need, but are sold at no profit with affordable loans given to them. They have built over 350,000 homes and have provided shelter for 1.75 million people, in 3,000 different communities. They provide safe, decent, affordable housing for people who are in need of it.

The thought that someone would steal money from one of the local organization’s bank account is shocking. Bryan-College Station Habitat for Humanity was a victim of identity theft and has had money stolen out of their bank account. Someone had the bank account information from the Wells Fargo bank account and was using it to pay personal bills.

The bank has re-reimbursed the organization, but the culprit still has not been arrested. In early march authorities found fraudulent checks and forged signatures related to the account. They discovered that the checks had been cashed by a former financial consultant, who worked with the organization for about 18 months. The theft from the Habitat for Humanity account is thought to be less than $20,000.

According to Bryan-College Station Habitat for Humanity the theft has not stopped or prevented them from building any houses. They will carry on building houses and helping their community. I still can’t believe that someone would steal money from a non-profit like Habitat for Humanity. What they are doing is really helping people, and someone had to come along put that in jeopardy.