Two ex-clerks sentenced after embezzling thousands from poor Missouri town

Monday, May 22, 2023

ST. LOUIS -- Two former clerks in a small, poor town in St. Louis County have been sentenced to prison after writing hundreds of checks to themselves while the town struggled to provide basic services to its residents.

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