CHARLEVOIX, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A former Charlevoix County Veterans Affairs official is charged with 27 felony counts of embezzlement by a public official.

Joshua Galle is accused of using vouchers personally 6intended for veterans.

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Galle had the authority to distribute the $50 vouchers for Meijer and a spreadsheet showed he claimed to have given at least two of them to veterans who had already died.

The spreadsheet showed Galle issued 27 vouchers between February and September 2022; investigators learned none of them went to the veterans listed.