NOW, CREDIT IS MISSING VICTIMS OF EMBEZZLING RENSSELAER COUNTY BOOKKEEPER STILL SUFFE R CONSEQUENCES.(Local)

Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer

Lawrence Cross seemed to be one of the luckier victims of a Rensselaer County embezzler. He had kept his receipts, proved that he had paid his $262 bill and that his debt was repaid. But now he has discovered that his credit rating still suffers.

Cross had made payments on a court-ordered judgment from December 1987 to March 1988. Although Cross had submitted his final check more than two years ago, his payments were among those stolen by Eugene Cirillo, a former bookkeeper in the sheriff's department.

Cirillo pleaded guilty May 31 to four counts of mail fraud and one of embezzlement. He is to be sentenced Aug. 22 in …