Williamson County commissioners this week voted on a resolution to write off more than $20,000 in taxpayer money they likely will never recover after a check-washing scam.
The county’s budget and finance director, Phoebe Reilly, told commissioners her office had been carrying a bad check on the books. The check was originally written for $881.08 to pay an expense.
“The check was intercepted somewhere between our mailbox and the vendor’s mailbox. It was white washed and changed to $20,881.08,” Reilly said…