Post by Logan on Feb 5, 2016 20:23:07 GMT -6
Former staffer accused of plundering state coffers facing charges
For three years between August 2012 and October 2015, a former top administrator with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry managed to rack up more than $20,000 in bogus travel, training and work purchases on state-issued credit cards and expense accounts, according to charges filed Wednesday in Lewis and Clark County District Court.
A six-page motion filed by the Attorney General’s office alleges ex-Job Service Operations Bureau chief Tiffany David successfully bilked the state out of all but $523 of those fake charges, largely by submitting false expense reports and reimbursement claims for everything from books and gift cards to plane tickets and hotel reservations.
The motion alleges David -- who used to head up the labor department’s workforce development efforts -- would often cancel those transactions before they could be completed, reaping refund proceeds that should have been credited back to a state credit card.
Attorneys say that’s how the former bureaucrat managed to rake in nearly half of the five-figure total they accuse her of stealing from state coffers -- via just 13 Amazon.com book purchases charged to a personal credit card and later reimbursed by department officials.
Read more: helenair.com/news/politics/state/former-staffer-accused-of-plundering-state-coffers-facing-charges/article_bbda7d29-2871-5ff2-a9d6-12d6d2d90ebe.html
For three years between August 2012 and October 2015, a former top administrator with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry managed to rack up more than $20,000 in bogus travel, training and work purchases on state-issued credit cards and expense accounts, according to charges filed Wednesday in Lewis and Clark County District Court.
A six-page motion filed by the Attorney General’s office alleges ex-Job Service Operations Bureau chief Tiffany David successfully bilked the state out of all but $523 of those fake charges, largely by submitting false expense reports and reimbursement claims for everything from books and gift cards to plane tickets and hotel reservations.
The motion alleges David -- who used to head up the labor department’s workforce development efforts -- would often cancel those transactions before they could be completed, reaping refund proceeds that should have been credited back to a state credit card.
Attorneys say that’s how the former bureaucrat managed to rake in nearly half of the five-figure total they accuse her of stealing from state coffers -- via just 13 Amazon.com book purchases charged to a personal credit card and later reimbursed by department officials.
Read more: helenair.com/news/politics/state/former-staffer-accused-of-plundering-state-coffers-facing-charges/article_bbda7d29-2871-5ff2-a9d6-12d6d2d90ebe.html