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The attorney general for Indiana has filed suit against the former treasurer of a volunteer fire department to recover not only the $185k in department funds he is accused of misappropriating plus $50k in additional costs the department incurred, but a statutory damage award of three times the fire department’s actual damages for a total of $575k.

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In one of the largest cases of theft in the history of the volunteer fire service, the treasurer of the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department pled guilty today to numerous charges. Michael Klein was accused of embezzling over $5.6 million from the fire company over a thirteen-year period, starting in January 2002 until September 2015.

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The former treasurer of a Kentucky volunteer fire company who is already facing embezzlement charges is now being sued by the fire company’s insurer in an effort to recover the stolen funds. Last year Terry Triplett, an assistant chief and ...

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Another volunteer fire company has found itself to be the victim of insider theft, this time by the fire company’s treasurer. Andrew Cushman, treasurer for the Plymouth Volunteer Fire Department in Chenango County, New York is facing felony charges of ...

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The former treasurer of a South Dakota volunteer fire department stands accused of stealing $170,000. Denae Baustian, 46, of the Tea Fire Department in Lincoln County, was indicted last week by a grand jury on felony theft charges. The theft ...

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A veteran Plymouth, Massachusetts, firefighter and union official has resigned from the department following allegations that he embezzled funds from the union. Steven Adams, 55, the treasurer of Plymouth Firefighters Local 1768, stands accused of embezzling between $7,000 and $10,000 from ...

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