Former EC County worker files for bankruptcy - Leader-Telegram
A former office manager for the Eau Claire County treasurer’s office implicated in a case involving more than $625,000 in stolen tax money filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on July 30, according to court records. , and former Eau Claire County treasurer Larry C. Lokken, 1710 Pine Park Drive, was each charged with 11 felony counts of theft from a business setting and three felony counts of misconduct in office. She also reported a net monthly income of negative $76. 35. She earns $4,070 per month — $2,754 through the Wisconsin Retirement System and $1,306 through Social Security — and reported $4,146. 35 in monthly expenses. Onarheim checked a box in the filing that reads “Debtor estimates that, after any exempt property is excluded and administrative expenses paid, there will be no funds available for distribution to unsecured creditors. The filings also included an ownership transfer in July of a 2014 Buick Encore worth $19,900 from Onarheim to her daughter, Gretchen Weeks of Bloomer. Lokken and Onarheim were accused in May of stealing money from the county after an audit showed more than $625,000 of missing county money since 2011. Lokken was elected treasurer in 1976, and Onarheim started in that office in 1979. Both retired... Source: www.leadertelegram.com
