Milwaukee Catholic Charities suit: Finance director stole ‘millions,’ Charities charges

The finance director's alleged fraud went unnoticed for years.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee alleged this month that its former finance director stole millions of dollars via a number of false accounting schemes and misuse of company credit cards.

The allegations were presented in a lawsuit filed May 9 against Brandi Ellis, who worked at the organization for 10 years.

According to the suit, Ellis…