Prosecutors say she accepted tuition and charitable payments, and then used accounting fraud to keep most of the money herself.
She told the judge she doesn’t have a drug or gambling problem, and that she used most of the money on her family.
last seven years, Vodvarka had purchased over $200,000 in gift cards on behalf of parishioners and school parents, but she had only deposited over $8,000 into the church’s bank account.
From another source: Vodvarka was first accused of taking $217,000 dollars by the use of subscription gift cards that merchants donated for Saint Matthew’s School. A related civil lawsuit then uncovered $183,000 dollars in stolen cash which Vodvarka covered up by falsifying church ledgers. Vodvarka said the thefts were almost like an “addiction” to her since she started them in 2004. She told the judge she must have spent the money on her family because quote, “I don’t gamble. I don’t have new cars. I don’t take trips.” Vodvarka claimed she gave some of the stolen funds to charities
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