A supervisor from the FBI's Salt Lake City office met Thursday with Vernal police and Uintah County prosecutors to discuss the case of a former town clerk accused of stealing at least $140,000 from the Town of Tabiona.

Angela Betty Curry is charged in 8th District Court with 15 counts of theft and 15 counts of forgery. The charges against Curry, 36, are all third-degree felonies.

FBI spokeswoman Debbie Dujanovic would not acknowledge that the meeting in Vernal took place, citing the bureau's policy against discussing active investigations. However, two sources with knowledge of the meeting confirmed that it did occur. Both sources spoke on condition of anonymity.

Vernal Police Sgt. Vance Norton, who is leading the investigation because Curry's husband is a Duchesne County sheriff's deputy, declined to say whether he met with federal authorities. He said the case against Curry is still in the preliminary stages.

“We're working on going through all the computers — her personal computer, the computer the checks were written on,” Norton said.

The sergeant said he's already determined that Curry took more than the $140,372 she was initially accused of stealing but he would not offer a dollar amount.

“It is a lot more than that,” Norton said. “We're a lot of man hours away from actually figuring out the exact amount, but we do know at this point that it was more than the $140,000 that was originally quoted.”

Duchesne County sheriff's deputies were contacted Aug. 9 by Tabiona Mayor Ronnie Giles, who handed over 72 checks that had been forged by Curry, charging documents state. The checks — bearing the forged signatures of Giles and another town council member — were endorsed by Curry and deposited into her bank account, according to investigators.

Curry declined to speak to deputies when confronted with the alleged theft, instead invoking her right to an attorney.

Defense attorney R. Spencer Robinson said he could not comment on the case against his client when contacted Friday.

“We're in no position to comment on the charges until they're finalized and we're given the reports that establish the basis for them,” Robinson said. “We're waiting.”

Norton said investigators are still trying to determine where the missing money went. A search warrant was executed on Curry's home following her arrest and Norton said there was no indication based on what was found there that “any of that money was being brought home for use.”

“Her wardrobe in the closet — she had 20 T-shirts and a couple pairs of sweats,” Norton said. “It didn't look like someone who went out and spent grundles of money on herself.”

Authorities still do not believe that Curry's husband had any involvement with or knowledge of his wife's alleged criminal conduct.

“I can't find anything to this point to show that he knew anything,” Norton said. “But that's still being looked at. They are living on what appears to me to be cop wages.”

Curry was released from the Uintah County Jail after posting $50,000 bail. Her next court hearing is scheduled for Sept. 30 in Duchesne.