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Between June 2017 and
April 2018, Goff, a paid employee and not a member of the church,
allegedly addressed 38 checks to herself from the church’s bank account,
totaling $19,426.59.
As
secretary, she was allowed to write checks, but not sign them. An
investigation by Citrus County Sheriff’s Office detectives determined
that she would write checks with realistic amounts and record their
payees in church logs as utility or service companies. Then she would
take the checks to the bank and fill in her name as payee, writing in
the memo line that it was for extra duties that the church never asked
her to do.
She
was arrested May 31. Her next scheduled appearance in court is July 26
in front of Judge Richard “Ric” Howard. If convicted, Goff faces up to
20 years in prison.
Beverly Hills church trying to find its footing after theft by former church secretary | Local News | chronicleonline.com
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