A lawsuit filed in Lexington by Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass, claims an office manager embezzled more than 435-thousand-dollars.

The lawsuit filed Monday, claims Bendrea Wilson of Lexington forged two board members' signatures to at least 140 checks, made out to five men.

The CEO of the nonprofit agency said, He believes the men who received the checks are friends of wilson, who had been hired in May 2008.

He said, the amount missing represents about one-third of the organization's annual budget, of 1.3-million dollars.

Wilson hasn't been criminally charged, but the Federal Bureau of Investigations is continuing an investigation.