Westmoreland County detectives say the former office manager of Willowbrook Country Club had not paid the club’s payroll taxes since 2017 and is likely responsible for the theft of more than $300,000 of missing club funds.

Laurie Voyten, 57, of Parks Township is charged with theft by failure to make required disposition of funds, theft by unlawful taking, tampering with public records and several related misdemeanors.

Established in 1956, Willowbrook Country Club is in Allegheny Township near Northmoreland Park.

Last August, Willowbrook President Scott Getty received a letter from the IRS for failure to pay payroll taxes, according to a criminal complaint filed against Voyten. The agency later told the club that it had last paid its payroll taxes in 2017, the complaint said.

When club treasurer Brad Cieslinski investigated the situation, he found multiple letters addressed to the club treasurer were intercepted by Voyten, state tax returns had been consistently filed late, local taxes had not been filed since 2018 and vendors were not being paid, the complaint said.

The complaint did not say how much the club might owe in back taxes.

Cieslinski was elected treasurer in October 2024, the complaint said.

The previous treasurer, Mark Bruce Gorman, served from 2014 to 2024, according to the complaint. He received occasional reports from Voyten, but he did not supervise her work day-to-day, the complaint said.

When Cieslinski scheduled a meeting with Voyten, she did not appear and resigned from her post over the phone, according to the complaint.

Reviewing security camera footage from the club, Cieslinski observed Voyten carrying boxes and trash bags of shredded documents out of the club to her car around 3 a.m. for several weeks before the meeting, the complaint said.

Cieslinski also found discrepancies between the club’s revenues and cash deposits of around $304,000, the complaint said.

Detectives said it’s likely Voyten — who almost always deposited club funds — took the cash and deposited the remaining funds in the bank, the complaint said. An audit by detectives concluded that she likely acted alone, according to the complaint.

The complaint did not say whether any of the missing funds had been located.

Voyten’s preliminary hearing is set for May 26 before District Judge Cheryl J. Peck-Yakopec.

Her attorney, Scott Bitar, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither did Willowbrook attorney Matthew Prather.

A voice message left at the country club was not returned.