A former Department of State budget analyst pleaded guilty on Wednesday to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported.
Levita Almuete Ferrer, 64, admitted to stealing over $650,000 from taxpayers between March 2022 and April 2024, according to the Department of Justice.
‘As a result, anyone viewing those entries in the QuickBooks system did not see Ferrer’s name as the payee on the checks unless they accessed an audit trail.’
Ferrer was a senior budget analyst for the State Department’s Office of the Chief of Protocol. As a part of her role with the federal agency, she had the authority to print and sign checks.
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According to prosecutors, Ferrer wrote 60 checks to herself and three checks to an individual with whom
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