“When Terrence J. Boyle pledged Delta Phi Epsilon’s Alpha Chapter in 1963, he joined a Georgetown University fraternity dedicated to cultivating careers in diplomatic and foreign service. Over succeeding decades, Boyle is alleged to have gained control of the fraternity, along with a related private foundation, and used their charitable assets for himself, according to a civil complaint filed in Superior Court by D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine” the Washington Post reports.
“The 23-page court document accuses Boyle of using funds from the Delta Phi Epsilon Foundation for Foreign Service Education to help purchase a home for himself on 34th Street NW in Georgetown that’s now worth more than $1 million. The complaint also accuses Boyle, a former attorney for the Federal Trade Commission, of improperly arranging to sell Delta Phi Epsilon’s chapter house last year for about $2.6 million – well below its appraisal of more than $4 million – by diverting the fraternity’s charitable asset into the foundation, which he runs.”