Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Update: Former Wisconsin Municipal Treasurer Sentenced For Embezzlement

Kim B. Simmelink, 52, of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin and the former treasurer for the Village of Oostburg, Wisconsin, is scheduled to be sentenced today to up to nine years in prison on two counts each of felony forgery and felony theft. He has already been ordered to pay restitution of $112,000. According to prosecutors, Simmelink forged signatures and falsified records to cover the thefts, which occurred over a six-month period in late 2005 and early 2006. Simmelink had been employed as the Oostburg's bookkeeper beginning 1987 until 2006.

Read FraudTalk's original post on this case here.

Read the story here.

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