(Ankeny, IA) — The Ankeny Chamber of Commerce is suing its former CEO.
The group recently announced the lawsuit against Melisa Cox, who pleaded guilty to four felonies in April related to accusations of stealing more than 250-thousand dollars between 2023 and 2024. An internal audit and police investigation found she made unauthorized personal charges to the chamber’s credit card while transferring chamber money to her personal bank account and altering credit card statements to conceal the fraud.
She was sentenced to a suspended 35-year prison sentence and must pay over 152-thousand dollars in restitution…