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The former business manager of the Kurth Memorial Library in Lufkin, Texas, was indicted January 21 for embezzling $407,230.24 from the library between 1996 and July 1998.
According to court documents, Sharon Roxan Hobbs forged hundreds of checks with the signatures of two board members. She then allegedly submitted false monthly financial summaries to the board and destroyed the forged canceled checks returned from the Lufkin National Bank, according to Duncan Woodford of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas.
Library attorney Walter Borgfeld told American Libraries that the 31-year-old Hobbs had worked at the library for eight to 10 years, but he didn't know how long she'd been business manager. He said that she "walked out" of the library three months ago and hasn't returned.
If found guilty, Hobbs could face a maximum of 30 years in prison and a fine of $1 million.
Posted February 1, 1999.
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