2011: Ely guilty of embezzlement and welfare fraud

This is the third and final article I could find in this series about the embezzlement of money from Donnapha Kuppatikasem. It was supposed to have been on Three Rivers Commercial-News, but can no longer be found there. This link was discovered on mlive.com.

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The previous two articles in this series were:

1. Exchange student faces deportation, host mother faces felonies
2. Former host mother accused of welfare fraud

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By Paula M. Davis | Kalamazoo Gazette
on September 02, 2011 at 3:16 PM, updated September 02, 2011 at 3:18 PM

• A Sturgis woman, originally charged with embezzling more than $20,000 from a Thai exchange student living with her, entered a no contest plea to embezzlement and guilty plea to welfare fraud. Laura Ann Ely, 27, entered the pleas Wednesday before St. Joseph County Circuit Court Judge Paul Stutesman.  [Three Rivers Commercial-News]