A bookkeeper who was once responsible for the financial health of a Newberg business has been arrested for bilking that business out of more than $1 million.
According to a release, the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office was contacted in July by Portland-based forensic accounting firm Morones Analytics, who was hired by Milroy Golf Systems.
The Newberg-based golf course and irrigation company asked Morones to investigate “substantial evidence” that former bookkeeper Lauri Lynn O’Connor, 65, had embezzled more than $1.1 million from the company over a seven-year period from 2018 to 2025, when she was terminated…