The crime Ms. Hansen committed greatly affected the citizens and taxpayers of Athol,” said Wendy Olson, U.S. Attorney for Idaho. “Her repeated violations of her oath of office and responsibilities to be a good steward of the public trust have appropriately ended with a prison sentence.”

According to court documents, shortly after she started as Athol’s city clerk in 2009, Hansen began making fraudulent wire transfers between various city accounts, and then depositing funds into her own personal bank account by writing fraudulent city checks to herself and her husband. From 2009 to 2014, Hansen admitted to embezzling $417,879 from the city through the scheme. Betsy Russell, SR

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