John D. Stubbs '80, the Currier House senior tutor, was unavailable for comment. William A. Graham, the house master, said he could not comment because the case is pending in court.

Members of the house committee also said they are prohibited from discussing the case.

But house committee members did confirm that the organization has overhauled its spending policies since it became apparent that the funds were missing.

According to John C. Mitchell '96, a former officer of the committee and a Crimson editor, the treasurer must submit a record of expenditures and income to the secretary and president every month. The president and treasurer are co-signers on the checking account, and they must both sign checks over $250.

In addition, the account will now be audited annually by the University.

History

The Szekeres case is just the latest in a recent rash of student embezzlement allegations.

Szekeres' thefts allegedly began less than two months after Charles K. Lee '93 pleaded guilty to stealing almost $120,000 from Eliot House's An Evening With Champions.

David G. Sword '93 also confessed to stealing about $7,000 from the benefit in February 1995.

Lee and Sword served as co-chair and treasurer, respectively, of the ice skating benefit.

The Krokodiloes a cappella group and the Harvard Yearbook have also been targets of alleged student embezzlement over the last two years