[Maine Mariner]

I was the financial secretary for the church I belonged to.
I was the only person that collected the money, counted the money at home, recorded the collections, and deposited the money on Monday. Very poor checks and balances and my wife the church secretary at the time. Fortunately we were and still are honest.

It always amazes me to learn that some trusted employee, who is also considered part of the family by the owners steals hundreds of thousands over a period of years and the embezzlement is accidentally discovered

[MayflowerMadam]

I was Treasurer of a church for about two years. When the money was handled it was always two people — me and someone else. Hated that job. I’m not good at math, but it was a small church, they were desperate, and I had a pulse.

I can understand how it would be easy for a dishonest person to go rogue and do the wrong thing.