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Prosecutors May File Charges Against Prison Bookkeeper

By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Prosecutors are contemplating charges against a former state prison bookkeeper who state auditors allege siphoned off more than $100,000 from inmates` personal funds. Details were disclosed today in a report to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee. According to the audit, a former bookkeeper at the Benton Unit wrote 172 inappropriate checks totaling $92,145 from the Inmate Personal Funds Account. Another $8,085 in cash withdrawals for work release inmates was unaccounted for. The employee has been fired. None of the money has been recovered.

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