United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut
Press Release

FORMER EMPLOYEE OF IRS CONTRACTOR WHO STOLE AND DEPOSITED U.S. TREASURY CHECKS IS SENTENCED

Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JACQUELINE WHITE, 31, of Hartford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first six months of which WHITE must in community confinement at a Salvation Army counseling program.  On May 19, 2008, WHITE pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government property.

According to documents filed with the Court and statements made in court, WHITE was employed as a clerk for a contractor for the Internal Revenue Service that operated a lockbox facility in Windsor, Connecticut.  As part of her responsibilities, WHITE opened taxpayer remittance envelopes and removed checks to forward for processing.  Between April 13 and April 27, 2006, WHITE stole eight checks written by individual taxpayers payable to the U.S. Treasury that had an aggregate value of $51,433.  WHITE altered the checks to reflect her name “Jacqueline White,” or some version of her name, as the payee, and then deposited the checks into her personal checking account at Bank of America.

All but $460 of the stolen funds were recovered from WHITE’s bank account.

This matter was investigated by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.   The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Susan Wines.

CONTACT:

U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Tom Carson
(203) 821-3722
thomas.carson@usdoj.gov