Vermont has been beleaguered by embezzlement claims in recent years, including at the Readsboro Central School, the Hardwick Electric Department and the University of Vermont.
This week’s news that the former administrator of the Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese would plead guilty to stealing $185,000 from the program over a six-year period has aggrieved at least two of those who were involved with the program, which dissolved last year.
“It’s an extraordinary breach of trust,” says Jeff Roberts, a VIAC cofounder who was its principal consultant. “I’m deeply saddened that we created a world-class organization, and for it to end, or for this to be the coda, is just unbelievable.”
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Farnham should have to repay every cent, commuter for 80-120 hours of community service, and speak publicly to the business community about how to avoid embezzlement. Shame on her.
My god, how do you lose track of that much money?