CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Former manager at the Charleston Yacht Club was sentenced to five years after she reportedly used the Club’s credit cards for her own personal purchases, according to a release from Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson.
Debbie Collins pled guilty to Breach of Trust, less than $10,000, on Oct. 13, in lieu of facing a jury trial. She was sentenced to five years, suspended upon the service of eighteen months in prison and followed by probation for 3 years. She will also be made to pay restitution.
Information released from the solicitor’s office states that Collins was employed as the office manager at the Yacht Club from November 2018 to February 2020. As part of her responsibilities as manager, she has access to the Club’s credit cards for business purposes, and was entrusted with printing the credit card statements and providing them to the bookkeeper for payment. Additionally she also provided receipts to the bookkeeper that corresponded with the various purchases made on the credit cards…