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Insider Theft Hits Two Volunteer Departments

Two fire departments in opposite ends of the country are in the headlines today with the same problem: insider theft.

In New York, Glenn Kramer, 37, formerly the fire chief of the Hughsonville Fire District is due in Fishkill Town Court on September 19, 2012  on two felony charges of first-degree falsifying business records. He is charged with using another firefighter’s personal identification number to buy gasoline for personal use with the HFD’s credit card.

While the two transactions were for small amounts, $33.61 and $23.51, the district alleges he has misused taxpayer funds over 100 times in the past three years. Kramer was allegedly caught on surveillance video making the purchases.

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In California, former Fire Chief Randall Allan Nickley of Columbia Fire Protection District has been arrested for embezzlement of funds from the Columbia Fire Protection District. Prosecutors claim the chief ran the small department with no oversight.

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1 comment Posted by on September 4, 2012

Insider Theft Costs South Dakota Volunteer FD $170k

The former treasurer of a South Dakota volunteer fire department stands accused of stealing $170,000.

Denae Baustian, 46, of the Tea Fire Department in Lincoln County, was indicted last week by a grand jury on felony theft charges. The theft was discovered late last year.

Baustian had only been with the fire department since 2007, and became the treasurer in 2009. She apparently wasted no time, stealing the $170,000 over a 2 year period during which the department’s annual budget was around $100,000 per year.

Lincoln County State’s Attorney Tom Wollman says the amount will have a big impact the fire department, although Fire Department President Dale Cook says that residents are not in danger.

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2 comments Posted by on April 23, 2012