School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former school administrators accused of theft from El Paso Catholic School in Texas. Former principal Edwin Gallagher and former assistant principal Richard Fish allegedly stole more than $800,000 from St. Joseph’s general fund. Police said a 2016 audit found the misuse of funds, but Gallagher and Fish were […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former Booster Club President charged with embezzling $8,500 from Geneva County Schools in Alabama. Ellen Lett faces a single charge of first-degree theft of property. While the investigation continues into the incident, Hartford Police Chief Annie Ward estimated Lett allegedly stole about $8,500 from the club during the […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former school bookkeeper accused of stealing $340,000 from Bradenton Charter School in Florida. Melissa Tapia, the former bookkeeper at Team Success charter school, is suspected of stealing more than $340,000 from the school and its management firm. According to a Sheriff’s Office report, investigators believe Tapia stole $250,000 […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former Employee charged with stealing nearly $5,000 from McKinley High School in Louisiana. Mokniequa Brady, who was then McKinley High School’s cheerleading coach, spent nearly $5,000 of a school’s money on uniforms that were not for the school. The theft from McKinley High School apparently went unnoticed for […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former employee from Washington Elementary School, OR, was sentenced to jail for theft. Lori Welborn, 48, was accused of stealing more than $3,000 from the parent-teacher club from 2016 to 2017 and was charged after Salem police began investigating the thefts in 2017. Welborn had worked as an office […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former employee charged with stealing lunch money from Brown Deer School District in Wisconsin. Jennifer Dettmann,48, worked for a food service company in the Brown Deer School District from 2008-2016. The School District says Dettmann deposited daily cash into the district’s dedicated bank account and also recorded funds […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. A former food service employee is accused of stealing $109,00 lunch money from the Brown Deer School District in Wisconsin. Jennifer Dettmann, 48, was employed by Taher Inc., a food service vendor, as the school district’s food service director from April 2008 to January 2016. Dettmann’s alleged embezzlement […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former employee of Reidland Elementary School, KY, charged with stealing $38,000 from Parent Teacher Organization account. Rachel Morgan Hall, 37, was charged with theft by failure to make required disposition of property $10,000 or more. On Janurary 16, Paducah Bank contacted Reidland Elementary School about unusual account […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former Parent Teacher Association President accused of stealing thousands of dollars from Imperial Beach Charter School in California. From 2016 to 2018, Kaitlyn Faith Birchman served as the PTA president at Imperial Beach Charter School. During that time, prosecutors said she stole at least $14,000 from the school’s […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former President accused of stealing thousands of dollars from Largo High School Booster Club in Florida. According to an affidavit, Dean Allen Newton, 55, was president of the Largo High School Booster Club from July 2012 to August 2017. His responsibilities included collecting cash from sports events, maintaining financial […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former Treasurer charged with stealing more than $21,000 from the Parent-Teacher Organization at Village East Elementary School in Colorado. Police began investigating Ashley Ann Green after the school’s principal, John Cramer, told them about suspected fraudulent activity involving the PTO’s FirstBank account. Green became treasurer of that organization […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former Treasurer accused of embezzling $230,000 from Village Seventh-Day Adventist School in Michigan. Sarah Kurtz, 50, has been charged with stealing nearly $230,000 while serving as secretary/treasurer at a Village Seventh-Day Adventist School. Berrien County Prosecutor Michael Sepic said Kurtz is alleged to have taken the money between 2011 and […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Government Shutdown could impact school lunch programs. With Democrats now in control of the House of Representatives and President Donald Trump resolute in extending the shutdown until a border wall with Mexico is fully funded. The U.S. Department of Agriculture would enter February without a way to […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former treasurer charged with stealing $58,000 from Parent Teacher Organization at Jeffco Charter School in Colorado. Jessica Tafoya, 36, is charged with one count of theft, according to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office.According to prosecutors, Tafoya served as the treasurer of […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former employee of Clarksville-Montgomery Schools, TN, indicted for theft. Shay Patterson, a former maintenance employee with the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, is accused of stealing more than $1,700. An audit from the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office found that Patterson used school credit card to buy fuel, cigarettes, personal auto […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. A former superintendent of Parlier Unified School District, CA, has been charged with embezzlement. Gerardo G. Alvarez of Fresno was arrested at his home and was being processed into Fresno County Jail. The arrest comes after almost two years of investigation from the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office’s […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former Parent Teacher Association President charged with stealing from Imperial Beach Charter School in California. Police suspect Kaitlyn Birchman, 30, stole the money while serving as PTA President at Imperial Beach Charter School. Brichman stole the money that was meant to pay vendors and fund field trips, computer […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. The School Building Authority awards $46.5 million to schools across West Virginia. The School Building Authority held their annual meeting to award money to schools across West Virginia. Clay County was one of the counties to receive funds for Clay County High School. The project includes new windows, […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. The Teton School District, ID, loses $780,000 to fraud. School district officials reported that an employee of the district office had sent $784,833.71 to a fraudulent account accessed through the school district’s email account. Superintendent Monte Woolstenhulme confirmed that the payment were for Headwaters Construction. “It was one of […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former Treasurer accused of embezzling $12,700 from a Brookfield elementary school’s parent teacher organization in Connecticut. Monica Bevilacqua, 39,is accused of taking money from Brookfield elementary school’s PTO over two years. She has been accused of taking money from the organization’s accounts via more than 180 personal orders […]
Continue reading
School payments, solution for accountants, school business manager. Former employee from Plainview-Elgin-Millville Schools, MN, was sentenced to 10 years of probation for theft. Diane Marie LaRocque, 39, was sentenced to 10 years of probation after she admitted stealing from the school’s activity funds. School officials noticed “a large sum of money” was missing following a […]
Continue reading