(Des Moines, Iowa) – Iowa Auditor of State Rob Sand’s Office has announced Sand recently opened a special investigation into the Southern Iowa Council of Governments (SICOG). The Auditor of State Office is assisting in safeguarding SICOG records and will be working with Iowa Economic Development Authority to assure appropriate testing procedures are
performed.

As previously mentioned on KJAN Creston Police Wednesday evening arrested SICOG executive director Timothy J. Ostroski. He is charged with four counts of forgery and one count of first-degree theft. Authorities say Ostroski fraudulently obtained an excess of $10,000 from SICOG by creating multiple checks made payable to another individual for cleaning services that were never provided. He then deposited these checks into a personal checking account.