OREGON
The Oregonian
By Aimee Green | The Oregonian/OregonLive
A 63-year-old woman who embezzled more than $73,000 from her Northeast Portland church was sentenced Friday to three years in prison.
It won’t be Christine Marie Culver’s first stint in prison. This is at least the third time Culver has been convicted of charges related to fraud or embezzlement, stretching back nearly 40 years.
In this latest case, she was entrusted as the bookkeeper at Metropolitan Community Church, at Northeast 24th Avenue and Broadway. She stole $73,208 over the course of about 21/2 years — 2013 to 2015.
The church learned of Culver’s theft after the Oregon Department of Revenue contacted the church because its payroll taxes weren’t being paid, said prosecutor Ryan Lufkin.
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