Audit: Official overpaid herself $14K

Owen County Deputy Judge-Executive Renaee Gaines could face criminal charges after a standard state audit found she increased her salary by more than $14,000 by “manipulating payroll records.” State auditors found the pay discrepancy after examining several canceled checks from the 2006 and 2007 fiscal years. Auditors determined that Gaines, who oversees payroll in the office, posted part of her increase in salary to the county’s ambulance salary account code for five periods.

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