The woman who embezzled more than $50,000 from a Gilroy school parents club and failed to repay it now faces even steeper restitution fees.
Gilroy – The woman who embezzled more than $50,000 from a Gilroy school parents club and failed to repay it now faces even steeper restitution fees.
An overlooked provision in Lori McVicar’s sentence requires the Gilroy woman to pay interest on the $54,533.19 she pilfered from the Rod Kelley Parents Club from 2000 to 2001, while serving as club treasurer. McVicar forged at least 16 checks intended for crayons and library books, replacing payees’ names with her own.
The interest and other fees bump her unpaid restitution nearly $20,000, from $28,637.44 to $47,418.90.
Years ago, the embezzlement stunned Rod Kelley parents, who grew suspicious when bounced checks and phone calls from South Valley National Bank revealed the club’s funds were slim.
McVicar was convicted of grand theft and forgery in May 2002, and ordered to repay the elementary school club the full sum of $54,533.39 by March 4 of this year. At her first sentencing hearing, she ponied up roughly $24,000 of the sum.
But since then, McVicar’s payments have fallen woefully short. In 2004, she made four payments totaling $245; in 2005, three totaling $95. Her payments tapered off so drastically that in 2006, she made one payment of $25.
In February, a judge revoked McVicar’s probation, stopping the clock on her case. Since then, McVicar has apparently adhered to a monthly payment plan, making four $100 payments toward the debt. But with thousands of dollars still outstanding – much of it in interest – McVicar could face jail time for violating her probation, a crime she has already admitted to. District attorneys calculated that her maximum potential jail sentence would be six years and eight months.
The Gilroy woman’s next hearing will take place at 9am Friday, June 15 in Department 33 of the Santa Clara Hall of Justice.
