University controller charged with stealing

CLAYTON, Mo. -- A suburban St. Louis woman faces a criminal charge after an internal audit found she used her position as Missouri Baptist University's controller to embezzle about $107,000.

Melinda Okai, 48, of O'Fallon, Mo., is charged in St. Louis County with stealing more than $25,000.

Creve Coeur police say the money was taken from December 2009 through May of this year.

The scam involved fraudulent refund checks and emergency loans.

Court documents say Okai confessed to her employer but not to police.