PEORIA – An insurance company is suing the former finance director of WTVP-TV and the estate of the station’s former CEO.
Cincinnati Insurance Company, WTVP’s insurance company, alleges in a lawsuit that Lin McLaughlin conspired with Lesley Matuszak to hide embezzlement from the station’s board of directors. The company is suing for $250,000, which is the amount it paid to WTVP to cover damages the station suffered from theft of funds.
McLaughlin, the former finance and human resources director, was not charged with a crime after an investigation by the Peoria Police Department. Police said they had probable cause to charge Matuszak , according to a police report obtained by the Journal Star in August 2024, but she took her own life in September 2023…