"She wrote she attempted suicide on her birthday, Sept. 11, and subsequently spent 18 days in a mental health facility. She said she sent the letter after being "filled with guilt, shame, and grief." "I had not been found out; in effect, I turned myself in," Wallace said in the Oct. 5 letter, adding that while she was in the hospital, she'd given the church a list of account numbers and passwords so her "actions could be more easily discovered.""
"Wallace said she had used the majority of the stolen funds to "help others," including her deceased son's three children. But she stressed in her letter that "There is no excuse." "I must repay every cent and accept whatever punishment comes to me," she wrote. "I am telling the truth and admitting what I have done." A lawyer for the church told the San Francisco Chronicle that around $300,000 is missing from the church finances."
Tamara Wallace resigned as South Lake Tahoe mayor effective immediately, sending her resignation via email to city officials. She admitted to embezzling from the Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church over an extended period. She attempted suicide on Sept. 11 and spent 18 days in a mental health facility, and while hospitalized provided account numbers and passwords so her actions could be discovered. She said she used most of the stolen funds to help others, including her deceased son's three children, and pledged to repay every cent and accept punishment. A church lawyer reported about $300,000 missing from church finances. Wallace urged Mayor Pro Tem Cody Bass to resign amid his separate legal controversy.
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