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Former Pilot Mountain Town Manager Charged with Embezzlement
State investigators said 793 transactions totaling $317,604 supported the embezzlement indictment against former town manager Michael Boaz.
- On Monday, a Surry County grand jury indicted former Pilot Mountain Town Manager Michael Boaz on embezzlement charges following an investigation by the North Carolina State Auditor and the State Bureau of Investigation.
- Investigators identified $317,604 in credit card charges spanning 793 transactions between January 2022 and November 2024, according to the North Carolina State Auditor's Office audit report.
- State Auditor Dave Boliek detailed personal purchases including more than $10,700 on food, $2,300 on Visa gift cards, $1,500 on DoorDash, and $276 on gun ammunition from Lucky Gunner.
- Boliek emphasized Pilot Mountain's size and vulnerability: "Pilot Mountain is a small town, not a large city," and "these sums of money are meaningful to the taxpayers in Pilot Mountain."
- The Pilot Mountain Board of Commissioners terminated Boaz in December 2024 after he was placed on unpaid leave in October 2024 amid allegations of misusing town funds.
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