Soccer mom embezzles $72k from league
Categories: Just for moms, Money & work, In the news
On the surface, 42-year-old Deborah Angilley probably looks like your typical soccer mom. Attending games and even coaching at one point, you could say she is very involved with her kid's athletic life. Maybe a little too involved.
The Edgewood, Washington mom is accused of embezzling $72,000 from the Fife-Milton-Edgewood Soccer Club. And she wasn't just feeding her Starbucks habit and gassing up her SUV with all that cash. It seems she had a little gambling problem. Police accuse her of spending a big chunk of the stolen money at the Emerald Queen Casino. In fact, she spent enough to become one of the casino's "preferred players." You don't earn that status playing quarter slots.
She is also accused of writing checks to her teen son as well as her landlord, who could also be in trouble if they had any inkling where the cash came from.
Her thieving ways nearly ruined the soccer league. "The club almost folded due to this theft, but has stayed in existence only through the generosity of those that have loaned us about $40,000," League president Jeff Flesner said.
While I am shocked and saddened that anyone would steal money from kids this way, I am also blown away by how much money she managed to pilfer. $72,000! It won't happen again, though. Flesner says the league has now taken steps to prevent future treasurers from having unchecked access to the league's money.
The Edgewood, Washington mom is accused of embezzling $72,000 from the Fife-Milton-Edgewood Soccer Club. And she wasn't just feeding her Starbucks habit and gassing up her SUV with all that cash. It seems she had a little gambling problem. Police accuse her of spending a big chunk of the stolen money at the Emerald Queen Casino. In fact, she spent enough to become one of the casino's "preferred players." You don't earn that status playing quarter slots.
She is also accused of writing checks to her teen son as well as her landlord, who could also be in trouble if they had any inkling where the cash came from.
Her thieving ways nearly ruined the soccer league. "The club almost folded due to this theft, but has stayed in existence only through the generosity of those that have loaned us about $40,000," League president Jeff Flesner said.
While I am shocked and saddened that anyone would steal money from kids this way, I am also blown away by how much money she managed to pilfer. $72,000! It won't happen again, though. Flesner says the league has now taken steps to prevent future treasurers from having unchecked access to the league's money.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Paul Cyopick 7-23-2008 @ 3:07PM
I guess this qualifies under your previous article "Vices to get through parenthood".
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Jan Bay 7-23-2008 @ 7:28PM
Drug and alcohol are not the only addictions that push people beyond their normal boundaries. Gamblers can keep their problem secret longer than others because there are no telltale behavioral changes other than unexplained absences and the shrinking bank account.
Addictions don't distinguish between a soccer mom and a skid row bum. A soccer mom just has access to more cash; at least this one apparently did.
Jan from http://www.unique-baby-gear-ideas.com/
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B.O = O.B 7-25-2008 @ 8:32PM
The only thing that I would agree on that the Taliban did is stoning women like this to death !
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nancy 7-25-2008 @ 8:49PM
Last time I looked, soccer required a ball and 2 nets. What on earth could possibly cost $72k that you had that kind of money on your hands. You have only yourselves to blame for being ripped off and hopefully you not going to raise fees to make up for the $40k you have been lent.
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Anne Harrington 7-25-2008 @ 9:04PM
What would Susie Ormond think! You know this women will get
away with this anyway.
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DENNIS I. 7-25-2008 @ 9:08PM
I am shocked & appalled, and disgusted at this kind of behavior.
Not this woman's But that of the Soccer league.
What the hell were they doing with that kind of money?
Soccer balls are made by little kids in China & the league did not need that amount of cash to buy them.
What was the league doing to bring in that money? Were they pimping the kids? Selling kiddy porn? Taking bribes on the outcome of the games? What was their scam? I want to know so I can do the same. I need the $$$ for my health care coverage.
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Anne Harrington 7-25-2008 @ 9:12PM
Wait a minute. What is a soccer club doing with $72,000.00?
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Anne Harrington 7-25-2008 @ 9:21PM
They needed $40,000.00 more to stay in existance? What the
heck does a soccer ball cost? Right wing states.
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Jan Bay 7-25-2008 @ 10:43PM
I can only imagine what the registration and uniform fees must cost for the kids to play in this soccer league! What must it cost to buy a gourmet hot dog and soft drink at the concession stand? Or do you think they sub-contracted that to Starbucks or another chain?
Our church has a soccer program that costs $60 and I thought that was pricey.
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