This libertine leaping librarian heard her son's alarm go off this morning. He was listening to Jammin' 94.5. That is a station that features rap music. He loves to listen to "Ramiro" and the "Jam scam".
Ramiro was saying "what do librarians do all day? Read? Shelve books? He was stunned about the story that you see below. As if librarians are not interesting people who do all kinds of things! Most of them great and above board!
Really, Ramiro. Get a clue! Read this blog! Talk to this leaping librarian's son!
OSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A Saugus woman was charged Wednesday in federal court with stealing more than $800,000 from a Saugus public library account.
Linda E. Duffy, 65, was indicted on four counts of mail fraud, 10 counts of money laundering and one count of aggravated identity theft.
>> Read the Indictment Here
The indictment alleges that beginning in 2004 and continuing until she resigned in July 2011, Duffy drained funds from a decoy bank account at Eastern Bank in the name of the Saugus Public Library.
Authorities say Duffy first diverted charitable donations to the account, as well as checks intended to pay library fees and fines, then transferred the funds from the decoy account to her own personal account at Eastern Bank. She used the money for personal expenses, including jewelry, home repairs, automotive payments, her home mortgage, among other things.
Duffy allegedly deposited some of the funds into an account in her daughter's name, as well. According to the indictment, to boost the funds in the library account, Duffy also deceived the GE Foundation, the charitable foundation of General Electric Company, into donating over $400,000 to the library to match non-existent donations by former GE employees and their families.
Duffy allegedly deposited these funds into the decoy account as well, and later transferred them to her own account for her personal use. In total, the indictment alleges that Duffy stole approximately more than $800,000 in library donations, fines, and fees, including the funds obtained from defrauding the GE Foundation between 2004 and 2011.
This is not the first time Linda Duffy has battled accusations of fraud. In 1993, she served 21 months in prison after she was convicted of entering fraudulent insurance claims of $120,000 in total.
Duffy was able to secure a job handling money at the library just a few years after getting out of prison. She began working at the library in 1999 as a part-time administrative assistant and became a full-time worker in 2004. If convicted, Duffy faces up to 20 years in prison on the mail fraud and money laundering charges and a mandatory minimum additional two-year sentence if convicted of aggravated identity theft.
Posted: Thursday, December 1, 2011 6:23 am
Ramiro was saying "what do librarians do all day? Read? Shelve books? He was stunned about the story that you see below. As if librarians are not interesting people who do all kinds of things! Most of them great and above board!
Really, Ramiro. Get a clue! Read this blog! Talk to this leaping librarian's son!
OSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A Saugus woman was charged Wednesday in federal court with stealing more than $800,000 from a Saugus public library account.
Linda E. Duffy, 65, was indicted on four counts of mail fraud, 10 counts of money laundering and one count of aggravated identity theft.
>> Read the Indictment Here
The indictment alleges that beginning in 2004 and continuing until she resigned in July 2011, Duffy drained funds from a decoy bank account at Eastern Bank in the name of the Saugus Public Library.
Authorities say Duffy first diverted charitable donations to the account, as well as checks intended to pay library fees and fines, then transferred the funds from the decoy account to her own personal account at Eastern Bank. She used the money for personal expenses, including jewelry, home repairs, automotive payments, her home mortgage, among other things.
Duffy allegedly deposited some of the funds into an account in her daughter's name, as well. According to the indictment, to boost the funds in the library account, Duffy also deceived the GE Foundation, the charitable foundation of General Electric Company, into donating over $400,000 to the library to match non-existent donations by former GE employees and their families.
Duffy allegedly deposited these funds into the decoy account as well, and later transferred them to her own account for her personal use. In total, the indictment alleges that Duffy stole approximately more than $800,000 in library donations, fines, and fees, including the funds obtained from defrauding the GE Foundation between 2004 and 2011.
This is not the first time Linda Duffy has battled accusations of fraud. In 1993, she served 21 months in prison after she was convicted of entering fraudulent insurance claims of $120,000 in total.
Duffy was able to secure a job handling money at the library just a few years after getting out of prison. She began working at the library in 1999 as a part-time administrative assistant and became a full-time worker in 2004. If convicted, Duffy faces up to 20 years in prison on the mail fraud and money laundering charges and a mandatory minimum additional two-year sentence if convicted of aggravated identity theft.
Posted: Thursday, December 1, 2011 6:23 am
The former director of the Knox Memorial Library in Wallis is under
investigation for allegedly misappropriating funds.
Rodney Gregg Young, who resigned from his position on Nov. 27, is
charged with theft of service, felony III, from $20,000 to
$100,000.
Young, 41, was released the next day on a $50,000 PR bond.
Young’s case could have been presented to a grand jury as early as
Wednesday or the end of September, according to Austin County
District Attorney Travis Koehn. The exact date was not know as of
press time Tuesday.
The Austin County supported Knox Library received $66,884 for the
2010-2011 fiscal year and $67,393 for 2011-2012.
Young has been replaced by an assistant librarian there.
Young had been working at the library since January 2010.
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