(Radio Iowa) – The former city clerk for the small Tama County town of Clutier has been sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison for stealing over 100-thousand dollars in city funds.
Forty-four-year-old Keri Kopriva pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud last fall. She was Clutier’s city clerk for three years before she was fired in February of 2019.

A special investigation by the state auditor’s office found Kopriva paid herself more than was allowed and used the city’s credit card to buy jewelry, clothes, alcohol, and other personal items. Auditors also estimated Kopriva stole 43-thousand dollars worth of cash paid on city utility bills.

The federal judge who sentenced Kopriva has ordered her to pay more than 108-thousand dollars in restitution to the City of Clutier.