
After more than 18 months of legal wrangling, the Kern County treasurer's office today announced it has recovered 96 percent of the $19 million that was stolen from local school bank accounts over the last several years. Treasurer Jordan Kaufman said the 96-percent threshold was reached after county lawyers struck a deal with an unnamed financial institution to reverse $1. 2 million of fraudulent transactions. Path to Full Story on 29 Eyewitness News