The Daily Progress: Ex-Hollymead treasurer charged with embezzlement

“They asked us to not make the audit public and to not even talk about it at cocktail parties because it could lower our property values,” Moruza said

August 13, 2013 — By J. Reynolds Hutchins

Charlottesville – A former Hollymead homeowners association treasurer has been charged with embezzlement, court records show. Patricia Anne Cuthbert, 43, stands accused of embezzling more than $73,000 from the Hollymead Citizens Association, the neighborhood’s homeowners association, between January 2008 and December 2012. Cuthbert was the subject of a June audit, which found that at least $73,183.48 in unauthorized transactions had been made during her tenure as treasurer, gleaned from monthly bank statements, copies of canceled checks, online records and IRS payroll notices.  Read more: