Ex-official with Bradenton shark research nonprofit arrested in $300K theft

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 2:30 p.m. February 28, 2024
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Christine Bedore, a former treasurer with the American Elasmobranch Society, a Bradenton nonprofit that studies sharks and stingrays, has been arrested on charges related to stealing at least $300,000 from the organization.

 

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