Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Beverly Hills church trying to find its footing after theft by former church secretary | Local News | chronicleonline.com

On May 31, the congregation of Beverly Hills Community Church was dealt a blow when their church secretary, Kathryn Goff, was arrested and charged with stealing almost $20,000 from the church.
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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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