Former Township Clerk Sentenced for Wire Fraud Scheme According to court documents, from December 2012 through October 2020, 70-year-old Maryann Stoffel used her elected position as the Clerk of the Township of Vermillion to take more than $650,000 of Township funds. Although Stoffel had signature authority over the Township’s bank account, Township checks required at least two signatures. As part of the fraud scheme, Stoffel, at times, forged the signatures of the Township’s Treasurer and the Chairman of the Township Board on Township checks. At other times, Stoffel solicited signatures from the Township’s Treasurer and the Chairman of the Township Board on blank Township checks by falsely representing that she would use the checks to pay the Township’s bills.