Disabled Patient Victimized--Is Anyone to Blame?

Here's a disturbing story right here in the Triangle about a corrupt disability advocate who was charged with managing Supplemental Security Income (SSI) funds for a disabled patient.

You can read it here: http://www.newsobserver.com/138/story/427221.html

What I really didn't understand about this story was this statement made by the director of the agency:

"We operated on faith that everyone was doing the right thing," he said. His agency is apparently not responsible for reimbursing the clients because it is a nonprofit that merely acted as a conduit for the government payments.

So my question is: Does being a non-profit absolve the agency of responsibility for oversight, accountability and management of its volunteers or associates?

Maybe I'm missing something.

Tell me what you think.