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A county treasurer is supposed to keep taxpayer money safe. For several months the now-former Treasurer for Santa Cruz County has stood accused of taking more than $39 million in taxpayer money. Now, Arizona’s Auditor General has a report on how investigators think it happened.The state auditor's report says in a typical year, Santa Cruz County takes in about $41 million in property tax for the county, six school districts, a community college and some taxing districts.
A judge has frozen most of her accounts for now to prevent hiding or selling off assets.The auditor report says Gutfahr convinced the chief deputy treasurer to give her the codes to access all accounts, and that she managed to keep all six employees of her department from noticing anything wrong. The report also says that she gave employees gifts, like a $6,000 loan so her chief deputy treasurer could buy a new air conditioner.
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