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Former Monona County engineer charged with commercial bribery
Former Monona County Engineer Jon Singelstad has been arrested on suspicion of bribery.
Singelstad,
55, has been charged with two felony counts of commercial bribery.The
charges stem from a January report by the Iowa state auditor linking
Singelstad’s tenure as county engineer with allegedly improper invoices
totaling $17,568.20.Singelstad declined to comment Friday.
Singelstad
is accused of paying ink cartridge vendors for more cartridges than the
county could use, according to the auditor’s report. Singelstad
authorized payment for 600 ink cartridges between January 1, 2004, and
April 20, 2007. An inventory of ink cartridges done on April 20, 2007,
found only 75 cartridges in offices had been used by the county
engineer, according to the auditor’s report.”It does not appear
reasonable over 500 cartridges could have been used by the County
Engineer’s Office during this period,” the auditor’s office concluded.Singelstad
allegedly admitted to depositing two money orders totaling $1,250 into
his personal bank account, according to the auditor’s report. The money
orders were sent to Singelstad by a representative from a California
ink cartridge company, Singelstad allegedly told the auditor and an
officer with the Division of Criminal Investigation.The
auditor’s office did not know if Singelstad received any other money
from the vendors, according to the report.He was arrested by officers
with the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Onawa Police
Department on Thursday.The Iowa Attorney General’s Office will
prosecute the case.
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