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Butler Co. auditor to resign after guilty plea to felonious charges
Chloe Esposito
Issue date: 3/4/08 Section: Community
Butler County Auditor Kay Rogers will resign March 4 after pleading guilty to charges of fraud.
According Butler County Prosecutor Robin Piper, the resignation came in response to Butler County officials requesting that Rogers resign after she pleaded guilty within the past week to conspiring to commit bank fraud and mail fraud as well as filing a false income tax return.
Piper said Kay Rogers had also made illegal deals with the Dynus Corporation, a technology company based in Cincinnati.
According to Piper, Rogers told National City Bank that Dynus was authorized to do business with the county.
This information, Piper said, was false. Rogers also played a key role in Butler County's contract with Dynus, which took millions of dollars worth of loans without the county's approval in 2005.
Rogers made headlines last week after she called for an investigation of Butler County Commissioner Charles Furmon for misusing county resources for Furmon's re-election campaign.
Piper said that if a county official is convicted of a felony, he or she is unable to remain in office. Although Rogers has not yet been convicted, Piper said he has made it his duty to see that Rogers resigns. According to Piper, Butler County officials have taken legal steps to have her removed, which includes a hearing in March.
"We have sent a letter to her to voluntarily resign, and we have also filed legal papers for Kay to appear in court on March 10 for a hearing," Piper said.
According to Piper, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been investigating Roger's actions since last March, when suspicion about Butler County's funds initially surfaced.
Piper said that the punishments can vary for crimes of this nature.
"The auditor may be eligible for probation, or may be looking at 24 to 60 months in jail," Piper said. "We are really not sure how we are going to handle it yet. We need time to think over her violations."
As of now, Piper said that there would be a temporary auditor taking Roger's position.
According Butler County Prosecutor Robin Piper, the resignation came in response to Butler County officials requesting that Rogers resign after she pleaded guilty within the past week to conspiring to commit bank fraud and mail fraud as well as filing a false income tax return.
Piper said Kay Rogers had also made illegal deals with the Dynus Corporation, a technology company based in Cincinnati.
According to Piper, Rogers told National City Bank that Dynus was authorized to do business with the county.
This information, Piper said, was false. Rogers also played a key role in Butler County's contract with Dynus, which took millions of dollars worth of loans without the county's approval in 2005.
Rogers made headlines last week after she called for an investigation of Butler County Commissioner Charles Furmon for misusing county resources for Furmon's re-election campaign.
Piper said that if a county official is convicted of a felony, he or she is unable to remain in office. Although Rogers has not yet been convicted, Piper said he has made it his duty to see that Rogers resigns. According to Piper, Butler County officials have taken legal steps to have her removed, which includes a hearing in March.
"We have sent a letter to her to voluntarily resign, and we have also filed legal papers for Kay to appear in court on March 10 for a hearing," Piper said.
According to Piper, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been investigating Roger's actions since last March, when suspicion about Butler County's funds initially surfaced.
Piper said that the punishments can vary for crimes of this nature.
"The auditor may be eligible for probation, or may be looking at 24 to 60 months in jail," Piper said. "We are really not sure how we are going to handle it yet. We need time to think over her violations."
As of now, Piper said that there would be a temporary auditor taking Roger's position.
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