TV & VIDEO - May 21, 1987
A former collections supervisor, has been accused of bank fraud in the diversion of $172,000 of San Francisco public-TV station KQED-TV’s money to his personal bank account, the FBI said. William David Collins, 31, is accused of diverting payments to the station-owned San Francisco Focus magazine to his personal account between February, 1984, and March, 1987. FBI spokeswoman Ellen Knowlton said Collins appeared in court Monday. If convicted, Collins could be sentenced to up to five years in prison and fined $250,000 on each of five counts of bank fraud.
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