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NY clerk accused of swiping $1M from village over 19 years forced to give up pension in first-of-its-kind decision
NY POST ^ | Aug. 4, 2024 | By Amanda Woods

Posted on 08/05/2024 2:21:31 PM PDT by dennisw

An upstate village clerk accused of swiping more than $1 million — about the same amount as her town’s annual budget — will give up her pension in a historic New York forfeiture case.

Disgraced former Addison employee Ursula Stone, 55, allegedly stole $1,171,362 in village funds over at least 19 years — and is now the first politician to fork over her pension under New York’s anti-corruption law, state and county officials announced late last week.

“This case represents the most complete, and to be frank, shocking breach of public trust I have encountered in 30 years as a Steuben County prosecutor,” Steuben County District Attorney Brooks Baker said in a statement.

“The reality is that but for some real heads-up detection work by members of the State Comptroller’s staff, it would still be ongoing.”

Stone appeared in Steuben County Court on Thursday and agreed to forfeit her pension of $1,920 a month, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said it marked New York’s first pension forfeiture under anti-corruption measures passed as part of an ethics reform package in 2011 and expanded in 2017.

Though the law had never been wielded in court before, Stone’s case was a perfect fit because her alleged crimes “impacted that village on a day-to-day basis,” Baker said, according to the outlet.

A 2022 audit of the village by DiNapoli’s office found that Stone had been overseeing the village’s finances with no oversight or accountability, officials said.

She prepared payroll, maintained manual leave records and processed health insurance buyouts as well as unused leave payments — all without approval from the mayor or other village officials.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: addison; brooksbaker; newyork; steubencounty; thomasdinapoli; ursulastone
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1 posted on 08/05/2024 2:21:31 PM PDT by dennisw
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They force all the crooked government people to cough it up and cut our taxes


2 posted on 08/05/2024 2:26:24 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: dennisw

Give up her pension?

How about “going to prison”? If convicted she’s convicted of embezzlement.


3 posted on 08/05/2024 2:26:31 PM PDT by Signalman (I am not a snob. Ask anyone who matters.)
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To: dennisw

Yikes! First time I have ever seen this. So no pension checks piling up for her while she is in prison. She was due to get approximately $25000 per year pension. She has not been sentenced yet. But if she gets locked up for three years, she would have had $75000 waiting for her when she was released.


4 posted on 08/05/2024 2:27:10 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

The feel good story of the day.

Make government employees worry about their pensions and they’ll stop the stealing and start working.


5 posted on 08/05/2024 2:27:52 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: dennisw

If she invested the money, she should be fine.
Not that I expect thieves to be so forward thinking.


6 posted on 08/05/2024 2:30:45 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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To: dennisw
This looks like some pretended power...Take away a pension?? It might be a nice thought...but that's not what she stole from.

I think it will fall....

7 posted on 08/05/2024 2:38:30 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: dennisw
Ursula "15" Stone

8 posted on 08/05/2024 2:39:09 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: dennisw

Standard embezzling scenario. One person handling everything with no or minimal oversight.


9 posted on 08/05/2024 2:43:06 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: dennisw

Won’t it take 50 years to get back the money?

Don’t think she’s good for that.


10 posted on 08/05/2024 2:50:51 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: dennisw

She got a deal. From May...

https://www.weny.com/story/50844371/former-addison-village-clerk-pleads-guilty-in-plea-deal

No info on what the deal involved.

Now I wonder why that is...?


11 posted on 08/05/2024 2:53:01 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: glorgau

I’m shocked that in modern times, this is still occuring. Do you think there are other similar ongoing frauds being done?
Owners too lazy or addled to check?
Management afraid to audit aggressively because they might seem accusatory or offensive?


12 posted on 08/05/2024 2:59:52 PM PDT by desertsolitaire (Perhaps the Great Ape Lawgiver in the series Planet of the Apes was correct in his view of humans?)
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To: blueunicorn6

Well,they might stop stealing not sure if they’ll start working.


13 posted on 08/05/2024 3:01:26 PM PDT by Leep (She cackles in you general direction.)
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To: dennisw

A Democrat!?


14 posted on 08/05/2024 3:02:38 PM PDT by Leep (She cackles in you general direction.)
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To: dennisw
Disgraced former Addison employee Ursula Stone, 55, allegedly stole $1,171,362 in village funds over at least 19 years

So where is the $1.1 million? Did they get any of that back?

15 posted on 08/05/2024 3:03:41 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: dennisw

Convicted of a felony against an employer? Loss of all pension benefits should by all accounts be automatic and non-challengeable.


16 posted on 08/05/2024 3:06:33 PM PDT by glennaro (2024: The Year of The Reckoning, lest our Republic succumb to the "progressive" disease of the Left)
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To: dennisw

It’ll probably never be enough to pay back what she stole, but if she invested wisely, she should be set for life.

She deserves jail time, too.


17 posted on 08/05/2024 3:43:18 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: Signalman

BOTH!


18 posted on 08/05/2024 3:43:36 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: dennisw

Lotta thieving women in these type of stories. So much for the trust the holy estrogens crowd.


19 posted on 08/05/2024 3:44:45 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: glorgau

Such a shame the major didn’t hire a newly minted CPA who could have nailed her at any time these past nineteen years.


20 posted on 08/05/2024 3:48:44 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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