Kathy Sue Roberts, 51, of Downing, Missouri, has been charged with embezzling some $550,000 from Schuyler County coffers for which she had served as county tax collector. Authorities allege that over a period of nearly 20 years, from 1992 until August 2011, Roberts kept cash tax receipts for herself and issued checks to herself. Roberts has been indicted by a federal grand jury on one felony count of mail fraud. Roberts had served as county tax collector since 1987.
Read the story here, here and here.
Update (12/13/11): Roberts' thefts are believed to now total at least $568,974. Read an update of the story in the local press here.
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