Mifflin County Commissioners announced the amount during a news conference Wednesday. The audit was conducted by Seligman, Friedman and Company of Harrisburg.
Forensic audits are extremely detailed investigations often used when fraud is suspected.
During a news conference in May, the commissioners said an audit of the prothontary's office from 1990 to April 2000 showed money missing from an escrow account. Mifflin County District Attorney Steve Snook said, during that news conference, that Prothonotary Sue Ellen Saxton was the only person with access to the escrow account, which held bail money paid to the county and condemnation money from the state, which was to be used to pay people whose land was purchased for road construction. In July, the commissioners announced a company had been hired to perform a very detailed and specific audit of the office from 1993 to the present because there was the possibility of additional missing funds. Saxton retired from her position in August. At the time of her retirement, she had been absent from her office since allegedly becoming ill while at work on April 10.