Former Gardena Chamber of Commerce Employee Charged with Grand Theft, Forgery

Former Gardena Chamber of
Commerce Employee Charged
with Grand Theft, Forgery

March 28, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Joe Scott, Director of Communications
Sandi Gibbons, Public Information Officer
Jane Robison, News Secretary
(213) 974-3525

TORRANCE -- Charges have been filed against a 52-year-old Lawndale woman accused of embezzling more than $40,000 from the Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce, the District Attorney’s Office announced today.
Deputy District Attorney Chris Fong of Torrance Branch Office said Karen Sue Hale (dob 07/21/55), a former chamber of commerce employee, is charged in case No. YA071199 with two counts of grand theft -- for allegedly taking a laptop computer and misappropriating $41,885.63 -- and four counts of forgery.

Hale was responsible for collecting payments from chamber members and making bank deposits, according to a news release issued by the Gardena Police Department.

Hale, who is out on bail, is due to be arraigned April 24 in Dept. 4 of Torrance Superior Court. If convicted of all counts, Hale faces a maximum state prison sentence of six years and four months.

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