Kinde Durkee

Federal investigators say Durkee admitted she had misappropriated money for years and filed false campaign finance reports. A Times review of those campaign records for about 180 state and federal committees found that she reported they had $9.8 million in cash on June 30. But First California Bank put the value of all Durkee-controlled accounts it could identify on Sept. 21 at $2.5 million. Durkee's arrest on suspicion of mail fraud stemmed from the allegation that she drained $677,181 from an assemblyman's account and, making about 30 complicated transfers, used it to pay business and personal expenses. She and her husband, John G. Forgy Jr., have $1.6 million in mortgages, which is also the assessed value of the properties. She is one of three daughters of the Rev. Harry Durkee, who was the pastor of Hollywood Lutheran Church from 1960 to 1991. Jules Glazer gave Durkee her start when she was very young, and she took over after he died in 1999. Glazer ran a legendary accounting firm that catered to high-wattage Democrats, including Jerry Brown and his father; John and Robert Kennedy; and former L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley.