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Parma City School District board member arrested on felony forgery charges

Amanda Karpus was arrested and charged with forgery.

PARMA, Ohio — A member of the Parma City School District Board of Education has been arrested on felony forgery charges.

According to a Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts docket, Amanda Karpus was arrested and charged with forgery; forging identification cards. According to Ohio's revised code, a forgery charge is anywhere between a fifth-degree and a second-degree felony depending on the value of the property or services or the loss to the victim.

According to the Parma Police Department, it is alleged that Karpus, who serves as the vice president of the school board, misused a credit card that was the property of an athletic booster club where she was the president. It is alleged that she then forged a document to cover up the fraudulent purchase once it was discovered.

"We are aware of an investigation into one of our members," Board President Steven Vaughn told 3News in a statement. "We cannot comment on this matter as it is both personal and a pending legal matter. Our focus as a board is and will continue to be the success of our students and moving our school district forward."

Karpus' case was forwarded to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office for further action. Her case remains pending and under investigation.

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