KHOU- A Fort Bend County woman stole nearly a quarter of a million dollars from a youth hockey league, according to Sheriff Troy Nehls.
Michele Bernier, 51, was treasurer for the Interscholastic Hockey League when the president noticed discrepancies with their financial records. He told deputies he confronted Bernier and she admitted she had been withdrawing money from the league’s account since she became treasurer in 2013. Nehls said it added up to $223,327. “I cannot imagine why anyone would steal money being used to support a youth group,” said Sheriff Troy Nehls. “For five years, she pocketed almost a quarter of a million dollars while the kids in the hockey league went without. Shame, shame.” She said she took the money because of financial hardship, according to FBCSO. Bernier offered to repay $45,000 but the league rejected the offer, according to the club’s president. ------- I don't think it's worth putting an adequately insulting label on the extent to which this woman is a completely reprehensible scumbag, even though I just did so anyway. Simply put, embezzling yourself into a lap of luxury at the expense of a youth sports league is lower than the sweat dropping down Lil' Jon's balls. Michele Bernier is quite clearly a terrible person who doesn't belong within 100 miles of either another person's child or their money. That said, I can't help but wonder exactly how much fault should be placed at her feet. It's easy to say all of it, but how much was a youth hockey league deep in the heart of Texas pulling in that it took it's President five goddamn years to realize that $45,000 was going unaccounted for annually? Like, after the first $50K she was already in so deep that she would have been stupid to stop trading hours upon hours of developmental ice time to quell the "financial hardship" felt by momma "needing" about 85 new pairs of shoes. She passed the threshold into criminally inexcusable about five figures ago, so maybe a superior should have put the bare minimum amount of research into vetting his trustees and/or investigating their failings. Sort of seems like the president failed these kids just as much as this wretched old wench that admitted she's a thief out of pity more so than guilt.
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