Friday, February 14, 2014
Ex-director of Billings housing organization denies fraud charges
Access to taxpayers money is clearly a temptation.
As with all temptations, most of us can resist, and a few cannot...
As with all temptations, most of us can resist, and a few cannot...
On the Billings Gazette website, Clair Johnson recently reported on this person:
"U.S. Attorney Carl Rostad said in the indictment that McClure paid herself “significant sums” for consulting services even though she was a full-time employee and that she embezzled money to pay her family unauthorized salaries and bonuses, family bills and personal travel expenses.
McClure charged every homeowner $750 for a nonexistent “technical assistance warranty” and a $1,000 fee for leasing tools that were provided by the grant, the indictment said.
McClure also moved money from one account into another account over which she had more control, Rostad said.
McClure then used the account to steal money to buy a laptop computer for personal use and to pay herself for unused sick leave and annual leave “substantially exceeding” the hours to which she was entitled to receive compensation. She also wrote a $21,000 check to which she was not entitled, he said."
