Arizona and Auditor Lindsey a Perry filed a counter-law lawsuit against Santa Cruz County, holding former county treasurer Elizabeth Guffer liable for negligence that allowed former county treasurer Elizabeth Guffer to embezzle more than $38 million in public funds.
The countersuit, filed April 3rd in Maricopa County Superior Court, was supplemented by a legal complaint involving a new third-party defendant in the dispute. A total of 13 current and former county officials are accused of negligence, unjust enrichment, or fraud that aids and aids in fraud, court documents show.
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