Employee arrested in VFW theft
By Terry Murry on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
PROSSER – Agents from the Washington State Gambling Commission arrested Sara Lee Moon, 39, at the Prosser Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on theft charges Friday.
In February 2022, WSGC agents conducted a routine inspection of gambling records at the VFW Post No. 3207, 1101 Wine Country Road in Prosser. As a result of the inspection and discovery of missing money, the commission began a criminal investigation into the post. After an extensive investigation, Moon, a VFW employee, was identified as the theft suspect.
Moon started working as a gambling manager at the VFW in June 2019. Investigators discovered over $300,000 was missing from the VFW’s gambling and bar accounts. They also discovered some of the funds had been put into personal financial accounts owned by Moon. The series of thefts were traced back to 2019.
Moon was booked into the Benton County Jail on four counts of first-degree theft. Her bail is set at $50,000.
