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Bond Increased In Sheriff’s Office $1.43 Million Theft Case
April 2, 2010
Bond has been increased for the former Escambia County Sheriff’s Office employee accused of stealing $1.43 million from the department.
Cathy Lister, 58, is facing 11 money laundering charges and one aggravated white collar crime charge. She had been free on $25,000 bond, but Circuit Judge Paul Rasmussen increased the bond to $128,500 at a Thursday hearing.
Lister was handcuffed and returned to the Escambia County Jail following the hearing.
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.
Court testimony Thursday revealed that some of the money was deposited into account belonging to Lister and some of her family members. Investigators do not know where the rest of the money went.
Lister was a 32-year employee of the department who retired from the finance division just six days before her arrest.
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One Response to “Bond Increased In Sheriff’s Office $1.43 Million Theft Case”
I find it hard to believe that anyone acting alone could steal 1.43 million, and it take 10 years to catch them. But the really strange part here is they have a 61 year old man on 47,000 dollar bond for having 150 cats and had her on 25,000 for stealing money from the sheriffs office. Bond on the pastor lady 34,500 for 11 counts of drug charges, these bonds just don’t fit.