Audit Reveals Large Amount of Misspending by Ex-Brookfield School Official

An audit revealed nearly $124,000 in questionable spending by former Brookfield schools finance director Art Colley and his assistant Elizabeth Kerekes, the News Times reports.

The forensic audit analyzed more than 600 transactions involving Colley , Kerekes and other present and former school employees, the paper reports. The expenditures included payment’s to Colley’s daughter’s landlord, credit car payments and payments for electronics.

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Colley, 57, is charged with second-degree larceny and third-degree forgery, the maximum penalty for which includes 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. He was accused of trying to claim reimbursement for three iPads that were never purchased, which triggered further investigation, the paper reports.

Read more at the News Times.

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