Former Sherburne County commissioner, Tim Dolan, faces identity theft and forgery charges after he allegedly tampered with his ex-partner’s business and personal finances.

The complaint alleges that Dolan was employed by The Decklan Group, an economic development consulting business which was owned by the victim (name not disclosed in complaint), who was Dolan’s significant other at the time. Dolan became a paid employee of the business focusing on marketing and social media for clients. Eventually, the finances of the business were turned over to Dolan so the victim could better focus on clients.

In 2021, the victim hired a bookkeeper to help with the business and learned that the business had unpaid taxes - unbeknownst to the victim. The bookkeeper and accountant were told by the victim to work with Dolan to resolve the financial issues.

In May of 2022, Dolan had a medical emergency that required a lengthy recovery period. The victim took over Dolan’s business phone and computer, and learned that there were multiple business credit cards the victim had not applied for. The business also had monthly expenses of nearly $30,000 related to credit card debt, the complaint says.

The victim learned that Dolan was behind on his taxes, and that he was being sued for unpaid debt. There were overdue payments for the Decklan Group company, and their home insurance was also being canceled due to nonpayment. At the time, the defendant and the victim lived together in Sherburne County.

This was the first time the victim became aware of the financial problems Dolan had, and she fired him on May 25, 2022.

A bookkeeper then analyzed Decklan Group’s finances that showed over $600,000 in unapproved debits made by Dolan between 2015 and May of 2022. The victim also filed forgery affidavits for checks written on her E*Trade account, totaling over $58,000. There were also unauthorized debits from her E*Trade savings account of over $182,000. 

The charges also go on to describe multiple credit cards that Dolan allegedly opened. Payments for these cards came out of the victim’s personal E*Trade account.

In 2018, the defendant wanted to make a purchase for a machine and the victim agreed to pay a portion with the defendant paying the balance. The defendant said he wanted the purchase in the victim’s name due to his prior divorce issues. The victim soon learned the defendant did not make the payments after the initial purchase from his personal accounts but rather accessed and used funds from the Decklan Group business account for $19,000. The victim never authorized her business to pay the defendant’s remaining debt on the machine.

Dolan also allegedly opened a Citi Diamond Preferred Credit card in the name of the Decklan Group with the victim the primary account holder and Dolan as the authorized user.  All funds used to pay this card came from the victim’s personal E*Trade account in the amount over $13,000.

Dolan also allegedly opened a U.S. Bank Platinum credit card in the victim’s name and was the authorized user. All funds used to pay this card came from the victim’s personal E*Trade account in the amount over $23,000.

Dolan also allegedly opened a Capitol One Venture credit card in the victim’s name was the authorized user and he was the primary user. All funds used to pay this card came from the victim’s personal E*Trade account in the amount over $34,000. 

The victim also discussed an American Express Platinum credit card being issued to Dolan as the authorized user. The victim was told by the defendant not to use the card. The card was used between May 2019 into 2022 and according to the victim, the only transactions on the card were made by the defendant. Funds to pay this card were from the Decklan Group business account, however, the victim states the purchases were not related to the business, The total unauthorized charges per the victim exceeded $187,000.

Dolan was also charged in 2022 for allegedly stalking and taking thousands of inappropriate photos of the woman without her knowledge. She discovered these photos when she took over Dolan’s phone in 2022; she found roughly 20,000 images of herself in various stages of undress that were taken without her knowledge or consent, documents state.

Dolan is charged with one count of identity theft and one count of check forgery and was issued a summons on June 9, 2023. Forgery and identity theft charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years and/or fines of $30,000 to $100,000.