Florida special needs trust fund LOSES $100MILLION as 1,500 accounts for families of disabled children are drained: Parents of blind girl, 11, with cerebral palsy say they told FBI a DECADE ago about missing $350K - but nothing was done

Hundreds of families have been left devastated after a Florida special needs non-profit lost over $100 million held in trusts for their disabled children.  

Tampa-based Center for Special Needs Trust Administration (CSNTA) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month - two years after the eye-watering fortune used to aid disabled kids was discovered to be missing by its leadership.

According to the filing, the center found that its founders had loaned themselves the millions - intended for disabled children - over an 11-year span, and never repaid it. 

While the missing cash has sent shockwaves through the community, one set of parents, Kimberly and Richard Muszynski, claimed to WFLA they alerted the FBI about the stolen funds over 10 years ago.

The Muszynski's said they received over $800,000 in a wrongful birth lawsuit in 2013 because of their daughter Abagalye was born with the terminal disease Aicardi syndrome. 

Richard and Kimberly Muszynski won over $800,000 in a wrongful birth lawsuit over their disabled daughter Abagayle's condition (pictured together). They realized the money was stolen over 10 years ago, but were ignored when they contacted the FBI 

Richard slammed federal authorities for incompetence after the center filed for bankruptcy, saying they 'failed' to investigate his claims that could have halted the alleged scheme 10 years ago 

She suffered from cerebral palsy, epilepsy and blindness, and tragically died last November aged 11. 

After being granted the money in their lawsuit, which was intended solely for Abagayle's care, attorneys instructed them to move the money into a trust with the CSNTA. 

The center's founder Leo Govoni is accused of loaning himself $100 million from the trust that was never returned 

But they said they realized something was wrong within a year, when they weren't 'getting tax paperwork, and we weren't getting any accounting as promised,' Richard said. 

He said they struggled to receive any information from the center, leading them to alert authorities in Pinellas County. 

'We had an internal audit done with a clerk and comptroller, and he pretty much triggered us there's a lot of money missing,' he said. 

Although there had once been over $800,000 in the trust, the audit found between $250,000 and $350,000 had gone missing. 

In a sweeping audit after the bankruptcy filing, it was found that the worst hit family had over $4.5 million drained from their account.  

It is unclear whether the founders, Leo Govoni and John Staunton, who allegedly loaned themselves the money are under criminal investigation at this time. 

A class action lawsuit was lodged against Govoni and his business partners and companies for running a 'decade long predatory scheme' earlier this year. 

The legal filing accused Govoni and his peers of draining more than 1,500 trust funds that were set up for disabled people, reports Tampa Bay Times.  

The Center for Special Needs Trust Administration filed for bankruptcy last month, after its new leadership said they realized the money was missing 

Richard claims they immediately notified the FBI - and have never heard anything about the case since. The bureau told WFLA that it doesn't comment on the existence of any investigative work. 

They also drove to the trust center in St. Pete, Florida to demand answers, but were again rebuffed.

'We were denied and refused, and they filed an action against us to have us removed as trust protectors because we were questioning a lot about the money,' Richard said.

In 2016, a Palm Beach County judge removed the center as Abagayle's trustee. By that time, the trust had just $70,000 left. 

They claim they have never seen any of the missing money, and condemned how their tip to federal authorities over a decade ago could have prevented over 1,500 other trusts being exploited if it had been actioned upon. 

'We uncovered this 10 years ago and tried to get every law-enforcement agency involved so this didn't happen and the FBI just completely failed,' Richard said.

'It's heartbreaking,' his wife Kimberley added. 'It's disgusting.' 

The Chamberlin family lost a 'significant amount' of the money they won to help care for their disabled son Clark 

The Chamberlin family's attorney launched a class action lawsuit after realizing the extent of the money lost, saying 'what's happened is disgusting' 

Following the center's bankruptcy filing last month, the entire board resigned, and spokeswoman Beth Leytham said they are still in the process of restoring the missing money. 

'We hate that this is happening, but we're working around the clock as much as we can, all of us, to get the money back where it belongs,' she told WFLA. 

The filing said that the federal government is appointing a trustee to oversee the remaining $100 million in the center's coffers. 

Florida law firm Leeder Law is representing another of the families - and its managing partner said he has launched a class action lawsuit against the trust fund founders on behalf of others. 

'What's happened is disgusting,' said Thomas Leeder. 'This should've never happened. Their lives have been devastated.' 

He is representing the Chamberlin family, whose twin sons Clark and Sawyer were born prematurely, leaving Clark disabled. 

He initially represented them in a medical malpractice case, which won the Chamberlin family money for Clark's care that they then put into the trust. 

'They believed they had the financial security for Clark going forward, and that was their ultimate goal for the family,' Leeder said. 

Donna Rollins (left) said $46,000 intended to care for her son Matthew, 21, was lost by the trust

It is unclear how much money they lost, but Leeder said it was a 'substantial amount' and they were among the top 30 creditor to lose out.  

While some lost millions, Marcus and Donna Rollins were devastated after $46,000 they needed to care for their special needs son vanished. 

They told the Victorville Daily Press that they needed the cash for their son, Matthew, which has now disappeared after the bankruptcy filing.

'These are special needs families just trying to do what's good for their loved ones' futures —and just like that, you lose it all,' Donna said. 

'The idea of a trust is that you can pay for the things not covered and to give Matthew a quality of life otherwise not possible.' 

Govoni has denied the allegations made by the center in its bankruptcy filing.