Ruth Fensterman, 68, his wife and fellow student, foresees using her new knowledge to keep the financial records of her Hadassah organization electronically instead of manually.
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Some say they do not keep the detailed financial records needed to qualify for a loan.
The events have raised questions about the individuals involved in the company and the financial records it kept, and about the reliability of the Toronto exchange, whose previous problems include the Bre-X gold-mining fiasco.
"He set the blaze in the basement, where the financial records used to be kept, but they had been moved," one law enforcement official said.
The turmoil comes as the Electoral Commission announced this week that the party had "failed to comply with the legal requirement to keep adequate financial records" for the second year running, further increasing the pressure on the BNP leader, Nick Griffin, who fought off a leadership challenge last year.
The rebels' anger is focused on Griffin's leadership style and concern about the party's debts which were exacerbated this week when the Electoral Commission said the BNP had failed to keep adequate financial records for the second year running.
Stanley Fensterman, 78, of North White Plains, a retired accountant for the Internal Revenue Service, plans to use the computer to keep current financial records and make stock transactions.
The Electoral Commission said the party was guilty of a "clear failure" to keep accurate financial records for 2008, adding that it was "frustrating" that it could not impose a penalty on the party because the law at the time did not allow it.
The commission advises anyone doing such preliminary exploration to keep detailed financial records, because if he or she formally becomes a candidate, money raised and spent on testing the waters will be considered as contributions and expenditures under federal law.
All those companies are operated separately and keep separate financial records.
