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Former church secretary faces 280 years in prison for embezzling tithes via Cash App

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A former secretary and longtime member of a church in Louisa, Virginia, is now facing up to 280 years in prison after she was convicted Monday of 14 counts of embezzlement from the coffers of the house of worship.

A press statement from Louisa Commonwealth’s Attorney Rusty McGuire, shared on Facebook by the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office, did not identify the church, but it identified the former secretary as 64-year-old Brenda W. Ragland.

According to the statement, Ragland had worshiped and worked at the church for more than 20 years before it was discovered in early 2023 that she embezzled at least $670,000 from them.

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Churches need to have good internal controls and do annual audits. Having neither makes things ripe for plucking the funds. I wonder what they had? Given the amount, I suspect it has been going on for years.
 
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Churches need to have good internal controls and do annual audits. Having neither makes things ripe for plucking the funds. I wonder what they had? Given the amount, I suspect it has been going on for years.
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Placing this in the hands of one person is just silly. My church requires two persons to count the plate. This is limited to a small group of persons so as to limit who knows who gives and how much. The amount is given to the controller to reconcile her numbers with theirs and to book. Outflow of church funds requires the authorization of one of three designated persons, in our case the Chair of the Finance Committee, the Senior Warden, or the Junior Warden. Persons signing the checks do not write them. A check needing to be signed is accompanied by an invoice for verification. Financial statements are reviewed monthly by a Finance Committee. Funds are audited annually.
 
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