Lawsuit: Accountant says he was ordered to help 'cook the books'

Published: November 22, 2007, 6:31 am

By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS TULSA, Okla. -- A former senior accountant for Oral Roberts University claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that he was ordered to help school President Richard Roberts and his wife "cook the books" by hiding financial wrongdoing from authorities and the public.Trent Huddleston said in the wrongful termination lawsuit that he was directed against his will to falsely list tens of thousands of dollars as expenses rather than assets -- which were spent remodeling the home of Richard and Lindsay Roberts -- in order to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies.He claims nearly $123,000 was paid by the university and Oral Roberts Ministries for remodeling the home.The suit said Huddleston "was improperly and unlawfully directed to perform functions and duties in violation of state and federal law in an effort by the defendants to 'cook the books' and hide from the appropriate authorities and the public the continued wrongdoing, improper and illegal

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