How sure can we be that no one or even two or more JW is amassing a personal fortune at the expense of the Watchtower Slaves and the Watchtower Society?
Locally, there was an Elder who was able to have affairs with three different women, including his wife for thirty years. During that same time he had his hand in the contribution box to keep his business going.
We're talking thirty years here.
I agree with many posts here that the legal dept actually run the WTBTS now and not the Governing Body. These old blokes are totally irrelevant. They can spout BS till the cows come home, as long as it won't get the company sued in anyway, they can say what they want.
But when we start talking about billions of dollars, pounds, yen etc, all bequeathed to the Wagtower, and contributed in boxes, and sent by kids and old folk, it would be easy to syphon off regular small amounts of cash. It happens in every business to some extent. There is nothing special about the WTBTS.
Is there some quiet little man, or woman, computer and accounting savvy, laying down a nice little nest egg for themselves? Could this be being repeated many times over? I suspect so. If it could happen in a small cong for 30 years, where everyone was in everyone elses pocket, then it could easily happen on a much grander scale, and perhaps over and over again!