January 27, 2011 Former Alabama Musuems Association Treasurer arrested for embezzlement www.privateofficer.com
DECATUR AL Jan 27 2011 – The former Treasurer of the Alabama Museums Association is being held in the Morgan County jail on $5,000 bond.
Decatur police said that The Alabama Museums Association (AMA), a non-profit organization, located in Birmingham, filed a report December 28, 2010, after discrepancies revolving around the business’ financial records were discovered.
The AMA reported that money in excess of $2,500.00 was transferred from accounts belonging to the business to accounts which did not belong to the AMA.
Decatur police said the money was sent to a bank account that belonged to Laura Harris Phillips, former Treasurer of the AMA and former Director of the Carnegie Visual Arts Center.
Phillips was arrested Tuesday on theft charges.
She was booked into the Decatur City Jail and then transferred to the Morgan County Jail where she was being held Tuesday in lieu of a $5000.00 bond, police said.
Source:AL.com
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