Gay leader caught embezzling sales tax

John Worth Johnson (Credit: N.C. Department of Revenue)

As reported by Q-Notes, John Johnson, a former board member and officer of Alternative Resources of the Triad/OutGreensboro.com, was charged with embezzling North Carolina state and Guilford County sales tax this week:

John Worth Johnson, 38, formerly of 111 W. Washington Street, was originally arrested last week by Myrtle Beach police. He was extradited back to North Carolina. He is currently being held on a $100,000 bond by Wake County Police.

According to arrest warrants obtained by The News and Record, Johnson is alleged to have aided Worth, Inc. to embezzle state and county sales tax totaling $48,584.93. The embezzlement occurred from Jan. 1, 2004 through July 31, 2007. Worth, Inc. was the managing company through which Johnson managed the hotel business, where he also resided.

Alternative Resources of the Triad was created in 1988 and came to be the sponsoring organization of the now-passed Gay and Lesbian Hotline. After the rise of the internet, the organization moved their information referral services to OutGreensboro.com, currently being re-tooled as OutTriad.org. The organization is also the main sponsor of the annual Triad Pride festival and multiple other events.

Disclosure: I served as a member of the Alternative Resources of the Triad board of directors with John Johnson from Jan. 2005-May 2006. I was also employed as a front desk receptionist at the Biltmore Greensboro Hotel from Jan. 2005-Sept. 2005, while a student at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

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