2020-819-Charges - D. Michelen - Laserfiche WebLink

properly authorized checks and did not give Ms. Michelen the authority to utilize her electronic signature. 24. The cash collected from other library branches was picked up by the delivery driver and delivered to Ms. Michelen, who was in charge of receiving, recording, and depositing the cash collected. Cash collection logs were not kept to ensure that the cash being collected by the employees reconciled with the cash being deposited by Ms.Michelen. As such,Ms. Michelen had control over cash and disbursements without the approval of the Library Director. 25. The following were unauthorized and received by Dulce Michelen through a vendor: a. D's Crafts & Creations,LLC: Ms. Michelen prepared a fraudulent quote for a client of her business. The Library's QuickBooks contained invoice #138957 addressed to the Library from D's Crafts & Creations, LLC, dated June 1, 2018, for $1,500.00 for "Sumner Crafts" for children and adults. D's Crafts & Creations, LLC business address on the invoice was identical to the address of Deondra Watkins(also known as Deondra Moody),the daughter of Ms. Michelen's fiance, Cornell Watkins,and a close friend of Ms. Michelen. This was a fraudulent invoice not authorized by the Library. A check in the amount of$1 ,550.00 was issued to Deondra Moody on June 6, 2018, in payment of the invoice from D's Crafts&Creations.This check was prepared by Dulce Michelen in her capacity as Business Manager of the Library. b. LLD Supply Plus: Ms. Michelen fraudulently replicated invoices from a Library vendor,LED Supply Plus, Invoice#195451 ($7,550.84),, Invoice#189356 ($5,599.96) and Invoice#189358 ($4,400.04)totaling $17,550.84. Two checks, check#60254 for ..... .................................................................................................................................Page.7 of ll..................................................................................................................................................