Iowa worker accused of $36,000 theft

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120630/NEWS/706309906/1685#iowa-worker-accused-of-36-000-theft

By Mike Brownlee

GLENWOOD, Iowa — A fired Mills County Treasurer's Office employee faces prison time after an audit uncovered embezzled vehicle registration fees.

Tammy Gammon remains in jail on eight felony counts that authorities said stem from her time in the Treasurer's Office's automobile department. Gammon is accused of taking more than $36,000 in fees that should have been used for county and state government services.

According to a special investigation by the Iowa State Auditor's Office, Gammon would take annual registration payments and enter information into an Iowa Department of Transportation database, then void the transaction and keep the fees. The practice dates to at least 2005, the report said.

The audit found 182 such transactions, with fees typically around $200. The actions caused problems for drivers, whose cars appeared unregistered in the state database. Some drivers may have been improperly ticketed or warned by police for not having their cars registered, while others may have been forced to pay extra fees and late payments when they renewed their registrations the following year, Mills County Attorney Eric Hansen said.

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[pipoman]

1. It took them 7 years to figure this out?

If I paid and was later accused of not paying I would not shut up until I received answers...one would think out of 182 there would be a lot of screaming..further wouldn't the clerk have to give the registrant a new registration? Seems like a simple matter to trace a hard copy registration back.

[concernedIowan]

2. Husband Held Accountable Too

Don't you think her husband should be responsible for the money taken, he profitted from them. They took vacations, bought a house, vehicles. He had to know where the money came from I mean you know how much you make and know how much she makes, the Gammons are very greedy people, they like to pretend they are helping people until you aren't around them then they back stab you.