Embezzling gambler: 'I couldn't control it.'

Author:
ICT Staff
Updated:
Sep 12, 2018
Original:
Dec 8, 2009

A news story last month about the latest person around here accused of embezzling to feed a casino habit prompted a lot of reader response, most of it harsh and unsparingly critical of the woman charged with stealing $294,000 from a Ledyard condominium association.

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