A former clerk at Cleveland Utilities in Cleveland, Tennessee, misused at least $5,415 of utility funds on what the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office called an eight-month spending spree.The former clerk at Cleveland Utilities in Bradley County who went on a $5,400 spending spree with the utility’s funds has been given judicial diversion and paid restitution, the district attorney says.
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office released a report Tuesday saying the unnamed woman bought designer purses and travel bags, woodworking equipment, headphones and more with the utility’s money between September 2017 and April 2018.
Investigators determined the woman bought at least 92 items for her personal use by falsifying purchasing documents and using the utilities’ tax-exempt status to avoid paying sales taxes.
She was fired in May 2018, according to the comptroller’s office.
Steve Crump, district attorney for the 10th Judicial District that includes Bradley County, said his office is evaluating the full report to decide if anyone else needs to be charged in the financial diversion.