“Michigan State Police investigating Pinconning Township taxpayer money being used to pay cell phone bill” |
| Posted: 17 Nov 2010 03:47 PM PST Published: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 6:25 PM Updated: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 9:17 AMPINCONNING TWP. — Michigan State Police are investigating how $274 in taxpayer money was electronically debited from a Pinconning Township bank account to pay a cell phone bill.Police said the unauthorized charge — a payment on a Sprint Wireless account — was made on Oct. 19. Trooper Harry Rice, who is leading the investigation, said the owner of the Sprint account has been identified as a 27-year-old Bay City woman. The woman told Rice she obtained the township's account and routing numbers from a 31-year-old woman during an altercation at the BP gas station at 322 Garfield Ave., in early September. "She's admitting she used that account number to fraudulently pay this bill," said Rice, adding charges have not been filed because the second female suspect has not been located. According to Rice, the woman says she used the township's bank account information to make a payment on her Sprint account because she believed it to be the other woman's account, and she wanted "retributions," from the altercation. Rice said the second suspect, who supposedly had the account information taken from her during the skirmish, is believed to be a former resident of Bay City, who drives a 1984 Pontiac Firebird. "She (the second suspect) has never been an employee and has never worked in the township office," said Rice, adding he wants to talk with the woman to find out how she came into possession of the township's account and routing numbers. Rice said the investigation does not appear to be connected to former township Treasurer Troy Trudo, who resigned her post on Nov. 8 in the wake of ongoing controversy over the township's finances and her job performance. "It has nothing to do with her (Trudo), so far," Rice said. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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