An audit in the City of Oakdale accuses a now-deceased city clerk of stealing nearly $360,000 for personal use.

At a June 3 meeting of the Oakdale City Council, CPA Royce Scimemi presented a financial report outlining fraud and the misappropriation of funds among other items.

“The city clerk used ACH transactions to transfer cash to three different personal bank accounts during this fiscal year,” Scimemi told the council during the meeting, which was live-streamed on the city’s social media page.

His report indicates $248,563.58 was taken during the 2019/2020 fiscal year, then another $109,461.98 was misused from July 2020 through March 2021. Scimemi told the city at the meeting that the fiscal periods prior to July 2019 were not analyzed as part of his report and “there’s probably more that we are not aware of.”

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