A joint investigation by Kurland's office and the FBI led yesterday to federal bribery charges against Kelly Kaufmann Layre, 38, of Burholme, formerly chief cashier at the Records Department office on the first floor of City Hall, and the three customers who allegedly gave her cash payments - Tina Meyrick, 42, of Hatboro, owner of Auto Accident Research Service; Paul Kling, 45, of Hatfield, owner of PSE Services; and Brian Daly, 39, of Chalfont, owner of Metro Filing Services.
None of the accused responded to calls from the Daily News to their homes or businesses.
Layre resigned her city job in March after learning of the investigation, Kurland said. She had worked for the city since 1997 and made $33,795 last year as a clerk-typist, according to city payroll records.
Her accused customers all ran small businesses that obtained police accident and incident reports from the city and delivered them to clients, usually law firms.
Official accident reports, typically required for insurance claims, are supposed to cost $25, payable to the city treasury. Police incident reports cost $20.
But the feds alleged that Layre charged her special customers just $5, $7 or $10 in cash and kept the money for herself.
Over four years, Kurland said, the city lost $600,415 on more than 24,000 reports provided to the three firms.
Nutter said the city was installing new controls to ensure it is not victimized again.
