Charles Wilson was a credit manager at the Trib; according to a federal complaint, it seems Wilson and his wife Lynda may have been improving their own credit. They've been charged with paying off mortage and car payments, a golf club membership and private Christian school tuition with more than $1 million in checks intended for Media General fraudently obtained from Media General and its advertisers via the couple's home-based collection company. Here's the story from the Times, and here's the NewsChannel 8 report. (A subsequent report added this piquant detail: Wilson is currently a consultant for Gannett Media.)
Update: This morning's front-page Tribune story by Elaine Silvestrini clarifies the alleged scheme, and adds another potentially ironic employment detail: Lynda Wilson works "in the pre-suit litigation department of the law firm Morgan & Morgan," known for its slogan, "For the People."
This article appears in Feb 4-10, 2009.