Monday, March 21, 2011

Former School Administrator In Vermont Expected To Plead Guilty To $106K Embezzlement

According to press reports, Deborah Ann Clough, 44, of Proctor, Vermont is expected to plead guilty to charges she embezzled some $106,000 from Proctor High School where she had been employed as an administrative assistant that included some bookkeeping responsibilities. According to authorities, over a two year period from August 2007 to August 2009, Clough issued numerous checks to herself drawn from the PHS Student Activities account and “fabricated supporting documents to justify the issuance of the checks.” Clough is also accused of filing a false tax return. She was terminated after the discrepancies came to light. Clough faces up to 20 years in prison.

Read the story here and here.

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