The chief executive of medical charity WonderWork Inc. stepped down this week after a bankruptcy examiner’s report brought to light allegations of fraud and misdeeds, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. The report was the result of an investigation completed by a court-appointed examiner that took a deep dive into WonderWork’s financial records from recent months. The investigation, the examiner said in court papers filed last week, revealed that sufficient grounds exist to appoint a trustee to run the charity, given “the evidence of mismanagement and improper fundraising and reporting practices.” During a hearing yesterday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, WonderWork’s attorney said that the charity contests the allegations made in the examiner’s report and said they were simply untrue. The New York attorney general’s office is investigating the allegations against the chief executive, Brian Mullaney, Emily Stern, an attorney from the office, said in court yesterday.
