article_snippet.sent: John Howard, 66, bled the Overseas Press and Media Association dry over two years - leaving left company facing bankruptcy facing bankruptcy .
article_snippet.sent: John Howard, 66, from Canterbury, Kent, had been a member of the Overseas Press and Media Association for 30 years but began stealing funds two years ago, leaving left company facing bankruptcy facing bankruptcy.
article_snippet.sent: Under your three-year tenure as treasurer - in which you seemed to treat its bank account as your own - they were left close to bankruptcy and perilously close to folding,' Howard said. '
highlights_snippet.sent: John Howard, 66, took cash from Overseas Press and Media Association .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: John Howard had been a member for 30 years but left company facing bankruptcy .
  