Editing Kennett Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==Township Embezzlement Charges==
In April 2019, township manager, Lisa Moore, was fired after allegations of theft and embezzlement came to light. On October 4, 2021, Moore appeared in Chester County Common Pleas Court and admitted she stole $3.249 million from township residents. The township’s once-trusted employee admitted to all that she had violated the trust placed in her. Her judicial presumption of innocence was removed by her guilty plea to five criminal counts, theft by deception, dealing in unlawful proceeds, forgery, tampering with public records and access device fraud. Moore was ordered to repay the full $3.249 million she stole from the township.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kennett.pa.us/DocumentCenter/View/4978/21-KENNETT-TWP-Press-Release--Moore-Guilty-Plea-5-October-2021 |title=Lisa Moore pleads guilty, sentenced to state prison; pays $1.27 million toward restitution |date=May 16, 2022}}</ref> In December 2021, the Township reported they had recovered $1.7 million, which includes a cash settlement of $1.27 million from Moore, $355,000 from the sale of Moore's house, and $83,000 that a recovery team located and seized from Moore's personal account. The Township is still looking to recover $1.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailylocal.com/2021/12/09/kennett-township-still-looking-to-recover-1-5-million-in-embezzling-case/ |title=Kennett Township still looking to recover $1.5 million in embezzling case |date=May 16, 2022}}</ref>