http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36407343/zeigler-fires-treasurer-amid-fbi-investigation
The FBI removing items from the home of Zeigler Treasurer, Ryan Thorpe at the onset of the investigation. (William McPherson, WF Gazette photo)
ZEIGLER, IL – (Andrew Feather, WSIL-TV. Please click on the link for the full story. Here is an excerpt below.)
City leaders voted to fire treasurer Ryan Thorpe over money missing from city accounts.
An audit of city finances showed Thorpe stole more than $225,000 from the city over the last two and a half years.
After an executive session lasting about 15 minutes Tuesday night, the city council voted unanimously to remove Thorpe from the position.
Thorpe did not attend the meeting.
The audit showed that for years, Thorpe wrote several hundred checks to himself, and then altered copies of those checks in city records to show the names of approved vendors.
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