Former City Tax Auditor Indicted for Allegedly Stealing over $243,000 from Sheriff’s Office Trust Accounts
Eric Gonzalez, the acting DA of Brooklyn in collaboration with Mark G. Peters, the commissioner of the NYC Department of Investigation made a public statement regarding an ex tax auditor who got employed by NYC Sherriff’s office. She has recently been charged with grand larceny and other similar counts on account of allegedly stealing more than 243,000 USD from different trust accounts under her own authority. She did that by depositing several checks to her own accounts and allegedly used all the sum on hosting extravaganza like high end furniture, car leases, plastic surgery, etc.
The acting DA told the public that that defendant betrayed the trust of the people by wrongfully using the money that she was trusted with taking care of. He also added that he would stay vigilant to make sure that none of the public corruption cases go unattended.
Peters added saying that the tax auditor of a city gets entrusted by the people to take care of different kinds of funds for the entire city. Rather than fulfilling her responsibility, the defendant exploited the trust of the people by stealing all their money. He also added that his department expresses its gratitude towards the DA’s office of Brooklyn for their continued partnership.
The defendant was identified by the acting DA as 30 years old Kasara Wilson who was the resident of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. James Sullivan, the Supreme Court Justice of Brooklyn arraigned her where she got charged with grand larceny (2nd degree), attempted grand larceny (third degree) and a violation of administrative code for failing to account to the comptroller. The bail was set at 20,000 USD and the defendant is supposed to show up at the court on 29th March. She faces a prison time of as many as 15 years.
Gonzalez said that the defendant worked for an office that maintains different trust funds for every one of the five boroughs of the city. All these accounts incorporate funds that are supposed to be distributed by the Sherriff after resolution of disputes. The defendant was authorized to have access to all that money and she misused that authorization.
According to the acting DA, some time between July & December, 2013, Wilson deposited different checks equaling almost 160,000 USD into her personal accounts without any authorization or permission. Similarly, in the month September, 2014, she made a deposit of almost 88,000 USD into her own account. May 2016 was the month when she deposited yet another check of almost 20,000 USD into another personal account. Later on in June 2016, the defendant got suspended due to these irregularities and she ultimately resigned later that month.
According to the investigation, the dirty money was spent on different personal expenses like a Miami trip and car leasing (Nissan car that led to Infiniti). Moreover, the defendant was also found on record of making different kinds of purchases at a number of different businesses. These include spending $1,950 USD on plastic surgery, $1,600 USD at Christian Louboutin, more than $9,500 USD at Raymond & Flanigan, $1,500 USD at Michael Kors, more than $400 USD at Gucci and over $3,500 USD at Diamond Hut.
The acting DA thanked the Sherriff’s office of the NYC on account of their assistance with the entire process of investigation.
The IG of DOI’s office carried out the investigation for the City DOF. A number of other personnel including a confidential investigator were also included in the process. The case is currently being prosecuted by Sara Walshe, Senior ADA and Katherine Zdorjeski, ADA. Both of these attorneys work at the Public Integrity Bureau of the DA. In addition to them, Vincent Jones, a Financial Investigator also offered his services under authority of Michael Spanakos, ADA. The entire operation was carried out under the supervision of Willian E Schaeffer, the Executive Assistant District Attorney.
