A secretary at Lincoln Way Central (New Lenox, Illinois) High School has been charged with stealing more than $30,000.
Melissa McGrath is facing five counts of theft, two counts of theft by deception, two counts of identity theft and two counts of forgery, per a statement from the Will County sheriff’s office obtained by the Chicago Sun Times.
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School administrators found that McGrath was running two different financial books in order to steal, per the sheriff’s office . She would present one spreadsheet to Athletic Boosters and a different one to the school district. Police said that investigators learned she forged signatures of athletic club board members.
McGrath was arrested Friday. She is being held on a bail of $200,000.