From Staff Reports

A lien filed for more than $950,000 on property owned by former county manager Wanda Greene has been added to Buncombe County’s lawsuit against her, according to a recent filing.

An order of attachment that included the lien was filed on June 21 on all of Greene’s property possessed by State Employees Credit Union. 

“The Buncombe sheriff’s office has been ordered to ‘attach and keep safely’ Greene’s property with the county after a Buncombe-hired attorney argued that Greene intended to defraud her creditors,” the Asheville Citizen Times reported.

“However, a written return showing the order has been executed had not been filed as of June 25 morning,” the ACT noted.

The lien filing means SECU has been summoned as a garnishee and must reveal all of Greene’s property that it possesses.

As a result of the lien filing, SECU also must reveal whether it is aware of anyone else who has Greene’s property.

Regarding the county’s lien filing, Asheville’s WLOS television station (Channel 13) noted, “It’s all part of the federal investigation of Greene and the misappropriation of nearly $2.3 million in whole life insurance policies.

“Federal authorities made it clear in the documents that accounts belonging to Greene need to be frozen before it became impossible to get county taxpayers’ dollars back.

“Buncombe County and the federal government are taking steps to protect tax dollars allegedly taken by the former county manager,” WLOS reported.