Admin at Kosciusko Realtors BoA Charged with Embezzlement
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
In a separate investigation, the office administrator of the Multiple Listing Service has been charged with two counts of theft, associated with her duties at that office. Deeana Lynn Tyler, 50, of Winona Lake, who was previously the association executive from 2002 to August of 2011, was found to have used MLS money for her own personal use during some or most of that time. She was terminated from her employment in August 2011 by KBOR Multiple Listing Board.
The three-month investigation determined that over $25,000 had been misappropriated through most of her employment and involved personal purchases from the MLS financial accounts that she supervised and maintained. Criminal charges were recommended as a result of Warsaw detectives’ investigation, and the investigation's findings were forwarded to the Kosciusko County Prosecutors office for review. After review, two criminal charges of theft, Class D felonies, were approved and filed.
Tyler turned herself in at the Kosciusko County Jail this morning on an outstanding warrant for the charges. She posted bond and was released, pending court action.
The investigation resulted from an initial criminal investigation and filing against then KBOR administrator Elizabeth I. Kennedy, who was charged criminally earlier in 2011 and awaits adjudication in Kosciusko County courts. Although the MLS is associated with the Kosciusko Board of Realtors, it maintains a separate office from the KBOR office, has separate financial accounts and has separate board oversight. The investigation did not find that Kennedy and Tyler were involved in a scheme together, but they appeared to run and maintain their offices in similar manners and the embezzlement of monies over a long period of time were consistent.[[In-content Ad]]
In a separate investigation, the office administrator of the Multiple Listing Service has been charged with two counts of theft, associated with her duties at that office. Deeana Lynn Tyler, 50, of Winona Lake, who was previously the association executive from 2002 to August of 2011, was found to have used MLS money for her own personal use during some or most of that time. She was terminated from her employment in August 2011 by KBOR Multiple Listing Board.
The three-month investigation determined that over $25,000 had been misappropriated through most of her employment and involved personal purchases from the MLS financial accounts that she supervised and maintained. Criminal charges were recommended as a result of Warsaw detectives’ investigation, and the investigation's findings were forwarded to the Kosciusko County Prosecutors office for review. After review, two criminal charges of theft, Class D felonies, were approved and filed.
Tyler turned herself in at the Kosciusko County Jail this morning on an outstanding warrant for the charges. She posted bond and was released, pending court action.
The investigation resulted from an initial criminal investigation and filing against then KBOR administrator Elizabeth I. Kennedy, who was charged criminally earlier in 2011 and awaits adjudication in Kosciusko County courts. Although the MLS is associated with the Kosciusko Board of Realtors, it maintains a separate office from the KBOR office, has separate financial accounts and has separate board oversight. The investigation did not find that Kennedy and Tyler were involved in a scheme together, but they appeared to run and maintain their offices in similar manners and the embezzlement of monies over a long period of time were consistent.[[In-content Ad]]
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