Charity Bookkeeper Charged With Embezzlement
- {Louisville, Kentucky}...Wednesday, federal prosecutors in Louisville released a criminal complaint against Mary "Kathy" Monfort, a bookkeeper for the Little Sisters of the Poor charity's Louisville office. Accusations claim Monfort forged the name of a nun in writing 43 checks on the organization's account between April 2010 and November 2011, embezzling more than $200,000. U.S. Secret Service Agent John Spruill wrote in the complaint that Monfort used some of the money to buy two cars, a 2010 Ford Fusion and a 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis.