Crime & Safety
Ex-St.Louis Police Chief Sad, Mad After Mom Charged With Embezzlement
Carol Dotson is accused of writing checks to herself totaling $20,000, embezzling $2 million and creating bogus financial reports.
OLIVETTE, MO — The mother of a former St. Louis police chief has been charged with embezzling millions of dollars from an Olivette real estate business where she worked.
A grand jury indicted Carol Dotson with a count of wire fraud. Authorities say she bilked the real estate business from 2003 to February 2017. She started working there in 1990.
Dotson — the mother of former St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson — also stands accused of writing checks to herself totaling $20,000, embezzling $2 million and creating bogus financial reports, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Online court records don't indicate whether she has an attorney.
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Sam Dotson said he has been estranged from his mother for years, and that he's sad and mad about the allegations. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
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