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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Ind. Courts - AG sues LaGrange County Clerk

From a long press release issued yesterday:

INDIANAPOLIS - Today Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed a civil suit against the county clerk of LaGrange County to recover more than $18,000 misappropriated from the government office and reimburse the public treasury.

"It is truly disappointing when a sitting officeholder sworn to uphold the public trust fails to properly handle the tax dollars entrusted to her care. Such a breach of trust leaves the State no choice but to file suit," Zoeller said.

For instance, the release continues, according to the State Board of Accounts audit:
From September to December of 2008, the Clerk's Office allowed citizens to pay court fines and fees by credit card. But $6,401 in payments that the clerk's records show were made by credit card were never deposited into the Clerk's Office bank account, almost all of them from a single day, September 5, 2008. Elliott as county clerk is legally responsible for the amount and the SBoA asks that she reimburse it.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 13, 2011 10:33 AM
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