Wednesday, December 20

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SoFlo: BUREAU TAPPED -

The Board of Directors of the Palm Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau faced tough questioning from county commissioners when they were stunned to discover that an employee of the Bureau had embezzled $1.5 million over the course of three years without anyone noticing.

*The bureau was thrown into turmoil Oct. 23 when Wachovia Bank notified bureau officials of suspicious account activities. Only then did the bureau learn that its controller, Donna M. Duffer, had been forging checks to pay for her online gambling addiction.*

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