Saturday, February 22, 2014

Fudge Sales and Embezzlement of Library Funds


Fraud case is latest twist in library revival story.   (Boston Globe, 2/23/2014)

Working overtime.  Without supervision.  In December, federal prosecutors charged Linda E. Duffy, 65, a former library worker, with stealing more than $800,000 in library funds over a seven-year period, from 2004 to 2011. At the time, the library was so broke it relied on fudge sales to buy new books, and on volunteers to clean bathrooms. 

Prosecutors allege that Duffy withdrew charitable donations, along with fees from overdue books and videos, from a library account at Eastern Bank, deposited the funds into her personal account at the bank, and then used the money to pay the mortgage on her Saugus home, dental bills, hotel stays, and other personal expenses.

Related post:
Former administrative assistant alleged to have stolen $800,000 from Saugus library.  (12/21/2011)

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