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Former Biden State Department analyst, Levita Almuete Ferrer, charged with embezzling
 [NYPOST] A former State Department budget analyst has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $650,000 from the agency over a two-year span, according to the US Attorney's Office in Washington, DC.Levita Almuete Ferrer, 64, of Maryland, admitted to abusing her signature authority over a State Department checking account between March 2022 and April 2024 in her capacity as a senior budget analyst in the department's Office of the Chief of Protocol. She wrote 60 checks to herself and three checks to someone else she had a personal relationship with, prosecutors said. She printed and signed each check before depositing all 63 checks into her personal bank accounts. The checks totaled $657,347.50, according to prosecutors. Ferrer, also known as Levita Brezovic, attempted to hide the scheme through the use of a Quickbooks account. She would enter her name as the payee on checks in Quickbooks and print them, prosecutors said. Posted by: Fred 2025-05-05 |
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