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A erstwhile State Department fund expert has pleaded blameworthy to embezzling much than $650,000 from nan agency complete a two-year span, according to nan U.S. Attorney's Office successful Washington, D.C.
Levita Almuete Ferrer, 64, of Maryland, admitted to abusing her signature authority complete a State Department checking relationship betwixt March 2022 and April 2024 successful her capacity arsenic a elder fund expert successful nan department’s Office of nan Chief of Protocol.
She wrote 60 checks to herself and 3 checks to personification other she had a individual narration with, prosecutors said. She printed and signed each cheque earlier depositing each 63 checks into her individual slope accounts.
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A erstwhile State Department fund expert has pleaded blameworthy to embezzling much than $650,000 from nan agency. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The checks totaled $657,347.50, according to prosecutors.
Ferrer, besides known arsenic Levita Brezovic, attempted to hide nan strategy done nan usage of a Quickbooks account.
She would participate her sanction arsenic nan payee connected checks successful Quickbooks and people them, prosecutors said. She would often past alteration nan listed payee successful Quickbooks from herself to a morganatic State Department vendor, making it difficult for anyone viewing those entries successful nan Quickbooks strategy to spot Ferrer arsenic nan payee connected nan checks.
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Levita Almuete Ferrer, 64, admitted to abusing her signature authority complete a State Department checking relationship betwixt March 2022 and April 2024. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu Agency)
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Ferrer pleaded guilty connected Wednesday to theft of authorities spot and is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected Sept. 18. She could look a maximum of 10 years successful prison.
As portion of her plea agreement, Ferrer agreed to salary nan stolen magnitude successful restitution to nan U.S. authorities and beryllium liable for a forfeiture money judgement successful that aforesaid amount.
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