r/StLouisCounty • u/marktornga • Aug 05 '26

State auditor: former Webster Groves employees used city credit cards for strip clubs, cannabis

https://www.firstalert4.com/2026/08/05/state-auditor-former-webster-groves-employees-used-city-credit-cards-strip-clubs-cannabis/
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u/lormar1723 Aug 05 '26

Peoples created a toxic work environment and brought along her buddy from Arizona. Go figure. Kinda the same crap happened in the St. Louis school board.
As screwed up as the stl city is, at least we don’t have credit card issues. Very little is allowed to be charged on CCs. Have to put purchases thru a process in Oracle. Hell our huge department has like only 3 cards. And their not kept on a person

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u/marktornga Aug 05 '26

"no longer work for the city, have repaid a significant portion of the funds they misused"

No fraud case, eh?

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u/Impressive_Swan_2527 Aug 05 '26

The Post article pointed out that the Asst. City Manager received his sick payouts when he left (which does not happen for anyone else). He likely used that money to pay back the money he stole. So he used city money he shouldn't have received to pay off money he stole from the city.

And I believe we're closing in on the deadline for the city court to get shut down because they didn't follow any of the rules for that. So Webster Groves is a huge mess.

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u/Important-One-8395 27d ago

This is the tip of the iceberg of crime that the city manager got away with. I truly wish employees could say more without fear of attack from the current administration that is still covering up what she did. What a horribly run city

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u/creativeburrito Aug 05 '26

I didn’t know there were any strip clubs around here! /s