Second lawsuit filed against former Canton Township treasurer

Second lawsuit filed against former Canton Township treasurer

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — 57-year-old Peggy VanDeKieft is serving a five year prison sentence in Pierre. VanDeKieft, trusted as the treasurer of a Canton, South Dakota's township for almost 20 years, wrote out more than a half million dollars in fraudulent checks. In addition to time behind bars, she's also supposed to pay $511,004.04 in restitution. Township members tell KELOLAND News they've yet to see any effort of her repaying those funds. …

Canton Township sues to recover embezzled money

Photo by Michael Evans on UnsplashThe township of Canton is filing suit to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars that its former treasurer embezzled from taxpayers, an amount that hobbled the township from keeping up on basic road repairs.Also named in the suit against Peggy Sue VanDeKieft is her husband, Randall VanDeKieft, and his companies, VanDeKieft Trucking and VanDeKieft Dirtwork/Trucking & Excavating. Another defendant is State Line I…