Idaho ag agency embezzlers prompt calls for audit

Monday, November 10, 2008 5:49 PM CST

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho legislative leader says lawmakers should exert additional oversight over the state Department of Agriculture’s soil conservation agency after embezzlers in unrelated schemes stole $180,000 since 2003.

David Preston Coburn, a former loan official at the Idaho Soil Conservation Commission, took $56,000 in 2003. He was caught and served about 16 months in prison.

And loan officer Dennis Alan Carroll in 2006 stole $124,000. He was sentenced in October and won’t be eligible for parole for 18 months.

House Majority Caucus Chairman Ken Roberts, R-Donnelly, wants an outside review to make sure there aren’t additional problems.

Agency leaders say procedures installed after the first case surfaced helped unearth the second.

Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com

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