![]() The crime is considered a third-degree offense in New Jersey and is punishable by three to five years in a state prison, or up to five years’ probation. Mango’s indictment was delivered during the November 2021 session of Camden County’s criminal division of Superior Court. The club brought the charges in March 2020, just before the pandemic closed all state government offices, including courts. He declined a phone interview with The Retrospect, and instead emailed the following statement: “Haddon Glen has cooperated with law enforcement, and as this is an ongoing matter, the club will not be commenting at this time.” In addition to McAteer, the other board members in those years were secretary Walter Craft, Robin Campbell, Lee Griffith, Jenny Fogerty, Jennifer Mason, and John Schmidt. The 2019 tax return was filed in November 2020, well after the audit turned up evidence of the improper transactions. Mango is listed as the club president in 2018 but not 2019 or 2020. ![]() The club also requires members purchase a membership bond. Dues for a four-person household in 2022 are listed on the club’s website as $775. Tax documents filed in 20 show typical yearly revenues as $283,000, but the pandemic cut the club’s revenues in 2020 by one-third to $191,630. The club celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2021. It is one of the oldest in the three-county South Jersey area that fields teams in the 36-club Tri-County Swimming Association league. athletic complex on Walnut Ave., is a nonprofit private swimming club entirely supported by membership dues. Haddon Glen Swim Club, located behind the Devon Ave. The total unaccounted-for charges are listed as $33,156.22. Mango was asked by the board to provide receipts/invoices for the expenses but did not proby vide evidence substantiating the expenses.” Mango used the club’s debit card, according to another court document. “An internal audit was conducted by the club’s board of directors which showed numerous (approximately 47) unreconciled transactions/ expenses made by Michael Mango,” reads the affidavit of probable cause. The grand jury found probable cause based on statements made by Haddon Glen’s treasurer, Shane McAteer, by the club’s tax preparer, South Jersey Tax Services of Barrington, and by companies who testified they had no record of purchases Mango claimed to have made on behalf of the club. Former Haddon Glen Swim Club president Michael Mango was indicted by a grand jury for stealing more than $33,000 from club accounts over a 27-month period, according to court documents obtained by The Retrospect last week.
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