The fundraising efforts for two Lakeville, Minnesota, gymnastics programs were flipped upside down after prosecutors say a booster club member embezzled more than $80,000. The former booster President Amber Ruhland says after years of suspicions, charges have been filed.
The former treasurer of the club is facing two counts of theft for stealing money from two programs — more than $50,000 from one club and over $32,000 from another. Ruhland says she alerted police after noticing bills were going unpaid.
"We were arguing with our [athletic directors] and the business owners that are saying we owe these bills and we're just trying to figure out," said Ruhland. "We don't understand how they're just not paid. There's this much money; there should at least be that $30,000 and there's not. Som

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