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Coos County Bookkeeper Accused of Embezzling More Than $300,000 From Local Business

By Lucille McNamara

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Courtesy: Coos County Sheriff's Office, Oregon.

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — A Coos County bookkeeper has been arrested on allegations of embezzling more than $300,000.

Forty-eight-year-old Maria R. Padgett was arrested and lodged at the Coos County Jail and is facing 16 counts of first-degree aggravated theft.

According to the Coos County Sheriff’s Office, the theft occurred between December 2023 and August 2026 from a business in the 57000 block of Fairview Road, near Coquille.

By Lucille McNamara | Covers public safety, courts and Oregon policy
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