Former State Department analyst pleads guilty to embezzling more than $650K

A erstwhile State Department fund expert has pleaded blameworthy to embezzling much than $650,000 from the bureau implicit a two-year span, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office successful Washington, D.C.

Levita Almuete Ferrer, 64, of Maryland, admitted to abusing her signature authorization implicit a State Department checking relationship betwixt March 2022 and April 2024 successful her capableness arsenic a elder fund expert successful the department’s Office of the Chief of Protocol.

She wrote 60 checks to herself and 3 checks to idiosyncratic other she had a idiosyncratic narration with, prosecutors said. She printed and signed each cheque earlier depositing each 63 checks into her idiosyncratic slope accounts.

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A erstwhile State Department fund expert has pleaded blameworthy to embezzling much than $650,000 from the agency. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The checks totaled $657,347.50, according to prosecutors.

Ferrer, besides known arsenic Levita Brezovic, attempted to fell the strategy done the usage of a Quickbooks account.

She would participate her sanction arsenic the payee connected checks successful Quickbooks and people them, prosecutors said. She would often past alteration the listed payee successful Quickbooks from herself to a morganatic State Department vendor, making it hard for anyone viewing those entries successful the Quickbooks strategy to spot Ferrer arsenic the payee connected the checks.

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Levita Almuete Ferrer, 64, admitted to abusing her signature authorization implicit a State Department checking relationship betwixt March 2022 and April 2024. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu Agency)

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Ferrer pleaded blameworthy connected Wednesday to theft of authorities spot and is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected Sept. 18. She could look a maximum of 10 years successful prison.

As portion of her plea agreement, Ferrer agreed to wage the stolen magnitude successful restitution to the U.S. authorities and beryllium liable for a forfeiture wealth judgement successful that aforesaid amount.