More Charges In $1.43 Million Theft From Sheriff’s Office

March 28, 2010

Additional charges have been filed against the former employee accused of stealing $1.43 million from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

listercatherine.jpgCathy Lister, 58, is now facing 11 money laundering charges, one aggravated white collar crime charge and a charge of grand theft over $100,000.

She remains free on $25,000 bond, but the State Attorney’s Office  has filed a motion to increase that bond. Judge Paul Rasmussen will hear that request on Thursday morning.

Lister was first charged in February with stealing $130,000 from the sheriff’s office, but further investigation determined that well over $1 million more was missing. The money was taken over a 10 year period from monies seized as part of investigations that was placed the department’s Evidence Trust Fund.

Lister was a 32-year employee of the department who retired from the finance division just days before her arrest.

Comments

3 Responses to “More Charges In $1.43 Million Theft From Sheriff’s Office”

  1. blondie on March 29th, 2010 12:17 am

    the system is jacked up get in a fight at school you get locked up but steal 1.4mil and you geta slap on the wrist what the hell is really going.

  2. Jimmie Carter on March 28th, 2010 5:06 pm

    Hmm, 25K bond for stealing over 1 Mil from a taxpayer funded police agency and an old man gets 130K bond for having too many cats? What the he!! is wrong with these judges?

  3. JDG Molino on March 28th, 2010 7:52 am

    That’s alot of money to be taken and over such a long time.Chances are she was’nt working alone. She’s probably blaming someone else for her own actions.
    Maybe they will set a example of her.

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