A former Vermillion Township clerk is accused of stealing more than $650,000 from the Dakota County township.
Maryann Helen Stoffel, 70, of Hastings, was charged Friday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis with felony wire fraud, according to a statement issued by the U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis. The case is the result of an FBI investigation.
From December 2012 through October 2020, Stoffel used her elected position as the township clerk to allegedly transfer the money into her personal bank account for her own use and benefit, the U.S. attorney’s office alleges.
Although Stoffel had signature authority over the township’s bank account, checks required at least two signatures. As part of the fraud scheme, Stoffel sometimes forged the signatures of the township’s treasurer and the township board chairman, the U.S. attorney’s office alleges.
At other times, Stoffel solicited signatures from the treasurer and board chairman on blank checks by falsely representing that she would use them to pay township bills, the U.S. attorney’s office alleges.
Stoffel concealed the alleged fraud from the township and state of Minnesota by excluding the unauthorized payments to herself on the township’s annual report.
Stoffel could not be reached Friday to comment on the allegations. She has yet to make an initial court appearance on the charge.
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