Former CVB Director Charged With Embezzlement

{Charleston, West Virginia}…Tracie Breedlove Dennis, 38, of Charleston, the former director of operations at the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau, has been charged with embezzlement, forgery and uttering. According to court documents, Dennis forged president and CEO Patricia Bradly's signature on a check that Dennis requested from the agency's contracted independent accounting firm, Herman and Cormany. The check was made out to Dennis' juvenile daughter for the amount of $513.24. Dennis took the check to her bank and deposited $363.24 into her personal checking account and received $150 cash. Investigators say they have tracked that Dennis took more than $100,000 from the agency. Police say once the audit is complete they expect the amount to grow to possibly more than $200,000. Jama Jarrett, a spokesperson for the Charleston CVB, issued the following statement Thursday evening. "Once we discovered the misuse of funds we contacted the police. We will continue to work with the department through its investigation."  Dennis is expected to be in court for a preliminary hearing on November 18th.