Former city clerk for two locales charged with fraud

Anthony Kuipers, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Moscow, Idaho
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May 25—The former city clerk for Bovill and Lapwai was indicted by a grand jury in U.S. District Court last week for wire fraud charges after allegedly embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the cities.

Tracy Lynn Prior is scheduled to make her initial appearance in court June 1.

According to court documents, Prior was the city clerk for Bovill from October 2018 to September 2019. She served as Lapwai's city clerk from October 2019 to July 2020.

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