City of Clutier, Iowa
Outcome
Keri Kopriva, former City Clerk for the City of Clutier, Iowa, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for stealing more than $107,000 from the city between January 2016 and December 2018.
Details
City of Clutier, Iowa — City Clerk Embezzlement (2016–2018)
Outcome: Keri Kopriva, former City Clerk for the City of Clutier, Iowa, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for stealing more than $107,000 from the city between January 2016 and December 2018.
Kopriva served as City Clerk for Clutier — a small Iowa town — and exploited her financial access to the city's accounts to steal more than $107,000 over approximately three years. She was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa.
Primary Source: Former Clutier City Clerk Sentenced to Nearly Two Years in Federal Prison for Stealing from the City
How Crucible Prevents This
Kopriva stole from Clutier — a town small enough that the city clerk likely operated with minimal oversight from any other official. Crucible's small-municipality enhanced oversight hook places additional monthly reconciliation requirements on any city where the clerk or treasurer is the sole financial officer, requiring county-level independent review of bank statements and disbursements. A disbursement irregularity alert flagging any unusual payment pattern relative to prior periods would have surfaced the theft within the first three months.
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