Former Spring Lake finance supervisor arrested, charged with embezzlement

Spring Lake's former finance director, Gay Tucker, is facing charges of embezzlement, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced Friday.

Spring Lake’s former finance director was once arrested Friday via federal government and charged with embezzlement, financial institution fraud and irritated identification robbery. 

Homosexual Cameron Tucker, 63, of Fayetteville, is accused of embezzling greater than $500,000 from Spring Lake throughout her tenure as finance director and accounting technician for the city, in line with a observation launched via the U.S. Legal professional for the Jap District of North Carolina.  An indictment additionally accuses her of wearing out the embezzlement thru fraudulent exams containing solid signatures of the mayor and city supervisor, the observation mentioned. 

COST TO RESIDENTS:How a lot has Spring Lake’s monetary mishandling price its citizens?

U.S. Legal professional Michael Easley mentioned within the observation that town govt officers are entrusted to spend taxpayer finances on public wishes — now not their very own.

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