LT Humane Society case in DA’s hands

South Lake Tahoe police detectives this week concluded a 10-month investigation into the nearly $100,000 that went missing from the Lake Tahoe Humane Society.

At the center of the investigation is Niki Congero, who was fired in March as executive director of the nonprofit.

All of the paperwork is now with the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office. No one from the office would say when a decision would be made whether to press charges against anyone.

Congero started with the South Lake Tahoe nonprofit in December 2013. It is believed the alleged embezzlement began the following summer and escalated as time went on. She has since left the state.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report