Fired West Haven Employee Arrested After Investigation

WEST HAVEN, CT — West Haven’s recently fired personnel director has been arrested on larceny and forgery charges, according to multiple reports, including WFSB 3.

WFSB reports Jennifer Daddio, 55, of Stratford, was arrested Dec. 4 following a lengthy investigation brought forth by the City of West Haven.

West Haven Mayor Dorinda Borer announced last week that she had fired a city employee over fraudulent activity.

In a video posted to Facebook, Borer said that the employee was submitting and getting reimbursed for professional development classes she didn’t take.

“This employee was registering for the classes, but then provided falsified, elaborate documentation that she attended and passed, and paid out of pocket,” Borer said in the video. “So, our finance department was reimbursing her for a few of these classes, until our new internal control report kicked in and flagged it.”

Borer said the city now has a mechanism that reviews accumulation of checks to an employee or vendor, and it kicks out activity that is highlighted. The finance department then brought it to Borer’s attention.

“I brought the employee in and asked her for an explanation,” Borer said. “There was no explanation, so I immediately terminated her employment and called our legal department.”

At the same time, Borer said the city received an alert that somebody was trying to penetrate and access the payroll account.

“We investigated that and it came back to the same employee,” Borer said, while not identifying the employee.

Borer said they provided the information to the police department.

Dadio was arrested on charges of first-degree larceny and four counts of third-degree forgery. She was released after posting a $7,500 bond with a court date of Jan. 10, according to state judicial records.