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8.1.2
On November 11, 1999, after complaints from the members of Gary Wayne
Thompson’s family, the Probate Court of Coweta County appointed Rhonda D.
McClendon as financial guardian for Gary Wayne Thompson.
8.1.3
In an attempt either to recover the alleged misappropriated funds or to put to
rest the allegations of wrongdoing, Rhonda D. McClendon, with the assistance of
Murphy & McClendon, P.C. and the Office of the District Attorney of the Coweta
Judicial Circuit, initiated an investigation into the financial records kept by Mark
Andrew Gomez as guardian of Gary Wayne Thompson.
8.1.4
Murphy & McClendon, P.C. found that the records kept by Mark Andrew
Gomez not only did not conform to generally accepted accounting principles, the
records were so inadequate that a complete reconstruction of each transaction by
Mark Andrew Gomez was required.
8.1.5
Murphy & McClendon, P.C. compiled and examined each record and entry
of expense or income for the period of the guardianship of Mark Andrew Gomez.
8.1.6
The records were divided into four “annual” periods to conform to the
periods used by Mark Andrew Gomez in his reports to the Probate Court. Even a
novice accountant will immediately observe that Mark Andrew Gomez did not use
our accepted calendar to divide the years that the reports were due. There is no
apparent explanation for this unorthodox accounting, which is not permitted by laws
regulating the reporting dates in the Probate Court. The four periods into which the
report of Murphy & McClendon, P.C. is divided follow:
