She Collected "Holding Fees" - How a Fair Vendor Stole $43,000
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She Collected "Holding Fees" - How a Fair Vendor Stole $43,000
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Greed hid in plain sight: eighty-two vendors paid a $175 "administrative holding fee" that was never authorized, and the account held only $412 when investigators opened it-total losses roughly $43,000. How did a seasonal volunteer turn a refundable deposit process into a three-year cash stream with fake receipts, a Braden City bank account, and regular cash withdrawals?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from the first stolen checks found in the back of a Dodge Caravan to the records in a retired bookkeeper’s filing cabinet that cracked the case open, asking how trust and routine made the fraud possible. What exactly did the Vendor Management Fund look like on paper, and who noticed the mismatched numbers first?
Person: Sharon Vaughn
Date: February 2019
Location: Kellerton / Doyle County
Amount: $43,000 (approximate total collected)
Account balance when opened by investigators: $412
- 82 people paid a $175 "administrative holding fee" between 2016 and 2019.
- The legitimate refundable deposit was $350, paid to the Doyle County Agricultural Society.
- Vaughn contracted as Vendor Management Coordinator in 2016 for $4,000 per season.
- Vaughn began regular cash withdrawals from the Vendor Management Fund in fall 2017 of $800-$1,200 every 10-14 days.
- The Harvest Fair runs 31 booth spaces; 32 vendors paid the fee in the first cycle mentioned.
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