(Stillwater, Okla.) A former employee of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education in Stillwater had been ordered to pay $25,295 in restitution for embezzling funds from the New and Related Services Division of the Oklahoma Vocational Association while she was its treasurer between August 2013 and March 2015, a court official said.
Janet Lynn Moore, 55, of Stillwater, who pleaded guilty to the felony charge, was placed on 10 years’ probation as part of a plea bargain with the prosecution that was approved by District Judge Phillip Corley last week.
Last April, Marcelle Mack, director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, reported to a Stillwater officer that Moore had embezzled funds, according to an affidavit by Stillwater Police Detective Richard Leport.
Mack explained that the funds “were private contributions which were controlled by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education,” the affidavit said.
Mack said that another employee had recently opened the bank statement for the New and Related Services Division of the Oklahoma Vocational Association and “noticed several checks had been made out to cash,” the affidavit said.
When Mack began investigating and asked Moore to bring her financial records for the accounts, Mack noticed that three cash withdrawals by checks were omitted, the affidavit said.
“Janet Moore admitted she had done inappropriate activities with the account and intended to pay the money back. Marcelle Mack was told by Janet Moore she took approximately $20,000,” the affidavit said.
“Marcelle Mack initiated an audit of the financial records for the New and Related Services Division of the Oklahoma Vocational Association accounts,” the affidavit said.
In April, when the detective talked to the defendant, “Janet Moore admitted she began writing checks out to cash shortly after being added to the NRS checking account at BancFirst,” the affidavit said.
“Janet Moore estimated she wrote 50 checks to cash possibly totaling $20,000,” the affidavit said.
“Janet Moore admitted to having financial problems,” the affidavit said.
The auditor “discovered Janet Moore had closed out two certificates of deposit and moved the money to the New and Related Services Division checking account,” the affidavit said.
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