Claims Conference

Claims Conf. board agrees to outside input, renews embattled chairman’s term

Adopting the recommendations of a special committee appointed to look into how the Claims Conference missed an early sign of a massive fraud scheme, the organization’s board of directors voted to form a new commission to review management of the Claims Conference.

July 10, 2013 3:45 pm

Claims Conf. report on bungled fraud episode in 2001 splits the organization

The release of a highly anticipated ombudsman’s report about how the Claims Conference missed an opportunity in 2001 to detect a massive fraud scheme raises serious questions about governance at the Holocaust restitution organization.

July 8, 2013 9:13 pm

Claims Conf. committee report calls for restructuring, half its members disown it

A new Claims Conference report on the organization’s mishandling of a 2001 warning about internal fraud called for a restructuring of the Claims Conference, saying best practices and competence were missing.

July 8, 2013 12:38 pm