Police have arrested the former office manager of a Timber Harvesting company.
Forty-five-year-old Sherry Parent, of Enosburg, is accused of taking nearly
$8,000 from the business.
Policymakers say it’s
unclear whether more Vermonters are actually embezzling money, but there are
certainly more media reports of the white-collar crime affecting cities and
towns.So they’re working
to provide a set of standards for small town governments to thwart it
themselves.
With advice from former embezzlers, Vermont’s State Auditor wants to help cities and towns fight embezzlement of public money –
something that he says has cost local governments millions of dollars.
Small communities can be particularly vulnerable to embezzlement. We find out how the theft of public funds is prevented and detected. Also, a Vermont organization that helps Iraqi victims of domestic violence.
The wife of a
prominent Dartmouth College computer researcher has been charged with embezzling
hundreds of thousands of dollars from a California church.