[Bonus] Fraud at the Portland Marathon

On February 17, former president of the Portland Marathon, Lester Smith, was indicted by a grand jury on charges of wire fraud and tax evasion. In the indictment, Smith, who has led the Portland Marathon as both president and race director since 1982, is accused of embezzling more than $1 million dollars from the race’s coffers to fund his personal luxury lifestyle.Today, we’ll be looking back at the story of Lester Smith and his time at the Portland Marathon, the legal cases brought against ...