City of Hilliard: Settlement reached with former accounting firm for $35,000
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The city of Hilliard and its former accounting firm, Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co., finalized an out-of-court settlement April 12, ending a lawsuit the city had filed in 2019 against the accounting firm.
The settlement for $35,000 is one of several lawsuits that stemmed from the theft of money by the city’s former deputy director of recreation and parks, Heather Ernst, who in October 2018, in a plea bargain, pleaded guilty to one count of theft in office, a third-degree felony, and one count of attempted tampering with records, a fourth-degree felony.