Nonprofit director in Warren, state disagree on audit results

WARREN — State audits from 2012 of Sunshine Inc. and Warren Reinvestment And Planning contained numerous findings but “nothing actually wrong,” said Tony Iannucci, director of both nonprofit organizations.

The state auditor’s office disagrees with that assessment.

Sunshine and WRAP are both run by former Warren Auditor Iannucci and are nonprofit corporations that use federal grants awarded to Warren. Sunshine focuses on providing housing to low-income people. WRAP’s focus is on economic development.

Warren Councilman Al Novak announced at a July 23, 2013, city council meeting that he had asked the Ohio Auditor’s Office to audit the two organizations after learning that the Trumbull County Treasurer’s Office was threatening to foreclose on 87 Sunshine Inc. properties that had gotten $187,311 behind on property taxes.

Novak said the foreclosure problem reduced the credibility of the two organizations to zero. Novak did not return a phone call regarding the results of the audit, which were released last week. Councilman John Brown said last week he doesn’t remember if he asked for either of the audits, but he had not read them and had no comment.

Trumbull County Commissioner Frank Fuda said the Ohio Auditor’s Office invited the commissioners to a recent meeting on the results, but he did not attend and hasn’t learned of the results.

The Sunshine audit said Sunshine failed to provide complete invoices for three disbursements totaling about $2,000 and did not have a rental agreement specifying the allocation of office expenses, for example.

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