Former PTA treasurer charged with embezzlement in Maryland

The former treasurer of a PTA group in Maryland’s largest school system has been charged with embezzlement and has agreed to plead guilty in November, according to court records.

The treasurer, Lisa Betts, 45, intends to repay the $39,015 that was misappropriated from the countywide council of PTAs, which represents PTAs in Montgomery County’s public schools, the records state...

...“Ms. Betts’ claim is that the funds stolen from [the countywide PTA] were used to cover her theft from two local PTAs at which she served as president and treasurer,” Harris wrote in a message to PTA board members Thursday. “Unfortunately, due to the nature of her thefts from those two PTAs, it is impossible to determine whether or not they have been made whole.”...

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