Iowa employee fired after funnelling US$219,000 to phony account
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — An environmental specialist working for Henry County in Iowa was fired after it was discovered an intern she “hired” did not actually exist.
Jodi Sutter was given the boot in February 2018 after a state-wide audit revealed almost US$219,000 in phony payments were made to the imaginary intern.
Sutter was not able to produce expense documentation and she eventually fessed up to investigators about the scheme.
Undaunted, the 43-year-old later filed suit against the employer for unpaid salary and wrongful dismissal, said the Des Moines Register.
There are “substantial gaps in the (audit) report, which call into question its findings,” said Sutter through her lawyer.
