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FDLE Arrests Five For Theft Of Child Support Funds
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/n...support_theft/
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 |
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