Arbitrator clears Shanti's name AIDS charity wins $711,000 from former auditors
by Kathleen Sullivan

Shanti Project, an AIDS services provider that got into trouble with The City in 1993 over its billing practices, is hailing an arbitrator's decision as a complete vindication of the organization.
Arbitrator Jeffery Martin has ordered Antonini Professional Corp. of San Francisco, Shanti's former auditors, to pay the nonprofit group $711,850 in damages, including $449,748 to repay a debt incurred to The City in the 1991-92 fiscal year.

Paul Vander Waerdt, director of development and marketing for the 15-year-old Shanti, applauded the award Monday.

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