From today’s Joplin Globe (emphasis is mine):
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A state audit accuses a former accountant at the Missouri Veterans Commission of embezzling more than $90,000.
Former veterans employee Stacy Griffin-Lowery pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge in June 2008 in Cole County and repaid more than $17,000.
Auditor Susan Montee said Monday that Griffin-Lowery swiped an additional $90,000 by getting reimbursed for cash advances and purchases made on her personal credit card.
Griffin-Lowery was represented by attorney Matt Grayson. He said Monday that he believed the case had been closed with her previous plea agreement.
Before going to work for the Veterans Commission in 2002, Griffin-Lowery worked in the state auditor’s office.
The audit says the theft could have been prevented with better oversight.
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