FDLE Arrests Five For Theft Of Child Support Funds

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FDLE Arrests Five For Theft Of Child Support Funds
Posted on Tuesday, 19 of June , 2007 at 12:12 pm

TALLAHASSEE-Five people who the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
say were involved in a scheme to divert money from a child support
fund have been arrested.

An employee of a company sub-contracted by the Department of Revenue
(DOR) to manage and disburse the funds has been identified as the
alleged mastermind behind the scheme which used women already
receiving child support as co-conspirators.

In May, DOR's Office of Inspector General found suspicious
disbursements from an account that holds child support payments that
for various reasons have gone unclaimed. FDLE was asked to
investigate what appeared to be criminal diversion of funds from the
account. That investigation led to Anthony Purvis, an employee of
People Really Working Together (PRWT), a firm sub-contracted to manage
child support payments for the Department of Revenue.

The investigation also identified four women as recipients of money
paid out from the account after Purvis allegedly solicited them to
participate in the scheme. The women were already receiving child
support payments legitimately and had accounts through which the money
could be routed.

Because of his job with PRWT, Purvis knew how to initiate a process to
move money from the account to someone who was pre-authorized to
receive child support through DOR. All he needed was willing
participants to receive the checks then split the money with Purvis.
Altogether, more than $20,000 in illegal payments was made, according
to the FDLE.

Charged in connection with the scheme are Anthony Purvis, 29, of
Tallahassee, 17 counts of grand theft and two counts of petit theft;
Katina Lockwood, 27, of Tallahassee, 11 counts of grand theft; Leticia
Lockwood, 28, of Tallahassee, one count of grand theft; Latarsha
Hampton, 31, of Tallahassee, three counts of grand theft, two counts
of petit theft; and Shontavia Munningham, 24, of Tallahassee, one
count of grand theft. 6-19-07

Another theft in Washington State:

http://www.theolympian.com/377/story/142805.html

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FDLE Arrests Five For Theft Of Child Support Funds
Posted on Tuesday, 19 of June , 2007 at 12:12 pm


I guess you have a lot of dedicated child support workers taking their
work home with them.