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Posted: December 19, 2012

Fayetteville attorney charged with embezzling $2,000

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Fayetteville, N.C. — A Fayetteville attorney was charged Wednesday with embezzling money from the Cumberland County Democratic Men's Club, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said.

Phillip Hunter Gilfus, 32, of 727 Duck Court, surrendered to authorities and was released from the Cumberland County jail on a $2,000 secured bond. He is charged with one count of embezzlement.

According to investigators, Gilfus embezzled $2,132 from the Cumberland County Democratic Men's Club between Nov. 15, 2011, and July 19, 2012, by writing checks made payable to himself.

Gilfus was the club treasurer at the time, and he wrote 10 checks on an account signed to Capital Bank, investigators said.

Gilfus, a former Cumberland County commissioner, ran unsuccessfully for a North Carolina House seat in November.

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i'd say he needs a reprimand by a Judge. Sound familair?

wildpig777
December 19, 2012 5:46 p.m.

It's funny to hear someone complain about others blaming stuff on Obama after Bush was blamed for everything bad in his two terms and Obama's first term. Deal with it, folks.

rwest134
December 19, 2012 5:42 p.m.

Resume enhancing activity!

Conservative
December 19, 2012 5:09 p.m.

So you make a politician the treasurer, really.

That's like giving a bank robber the combination to the safe.

mfarmer1
December 19, 2012 3:50 p.m.

Something’s not right here….

It’s not terribly logical for an attorney to embezzle a sum this small, especially as it seemed to have been distributed over a number of separate checks….

As my wise old Dad used to tell me, “Never steal anything worth less than ten years of salary.”

;-)

STS