▁to ▁accept ▁and ▁end or se ▁checks ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁Committee . ▁No ▁financial ▁institution ▁could ▁accept ▁or ▁process ▁a ▁check ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁committee ▁unless ▁a ▁d uly ▁author ized ▁individual ▁end ors ed ▁it . ▁The ▁checks ▁depos ited ▁into ▁B ark er ' s ▁bank ▁account ▁were ▁end ors ed ▁by ▁Committee ▁tre as urer ▁Hugh ▁Slo an , ▁who ▁was ▁author ized ▁by ▁the ▁Fin ance ▁Committee . ▁However , ▁once ▁Slo an ▁had ▁end ors ed ▁a ▁check ▁made ▁pay able ▁to ▁the ▁Committee , ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁legal ▁and ▁fid u ci ary ▁responsibility ▁to ▁see ▁that ▁the ▁check ▁was ▁depos ited ▁only ▁into ▁the ▁accounts ▁named ▁on ▁the ▁check . ▁Slo an ▁failed ▁to ▁do ▁that . ▁When ▁confront ed ▁with ▁the ▁potential ▁charge ▁of ▁federal ▁bank ▁fra ud , ▁he ▁revealed ▁that ▁committee ▁deput y ▁director ▁J eb ▁Mag r uder ▁and ▁fin ance ▁director ▁Maurice ▁St ans ▁had ▁directed ▁him ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁money ▁to ▁G . ▁Gordon ▁L idd y . ▁ ▁L idd y , ▁in ▁turn , ▁gave ▁the ▁money ▁to ▁B ark er ▁and ▁attempted ▁to ▁hide ▁its ▁origin . ▁B ark er ▁tried ▁to ▁dis gu ise ▁the ▁funds ▁by ▁depos iting ▁them ▁into ▁accounts ▁in ▁banks ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Un be known st ▁to ▁B ark er , ▁L idd y , ▁and ▁Slo an , ▁the ▁complete ▁record ▁of ▁all ▁such ▁transactions ▁was ▁held ▁for ▁roughly ▁six ▁months . ▁B