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Posted on 05/04/2025 3:12:13 AM PDT by Libloather
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.
She would often then change the listed payee in Quickbooks from herself to a legitimate State Department vendor, making it difficult for anyone viewing those entries in the Quickbooks system to see Ferrer as the payee on the checks.
Ferrer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to theft of government property and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 18.
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That’s a chunk of change in only 2yrs.
Says 10yrs max in prison, I hope they give her at least 5.
FTA----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. She would often then change the listed payee in Quickbooks from herself to a legitimate State Department vendor, making it difficult for anyone viewing those entries in the Quickbooks system to see Ferrer as the payee on the checks.
Ferrer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to theft of government property and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 18. She could face a maximum of 10 years in prison.
Let her go she is a “Maryland woman”😎
There’s some major details left out here.
The UNIFORM she’s wearing in the photo is the Dress Blue uniform of the US Public Health Service (USPHS).
What’s the connection there with the Department of STATE? Did she retire or have an interagency transfer? What kind of scams did she run while in the PHS?
Who appointed her at which agency? When, where and so on?
The devil is in the details and this brief piece is lacking a LOT of details.
Imagine how many other government employees are doing the same thing but are smart enough not to write checks to themselves like this dummy.
Amish theft? that’s surprising.
Oh my...how usual.
Shocker...../s.
They aren’t sending their best embezzlers.
Robbers should suffer at hard labor for 20 years.. When they can’t work, their bodies used for experimentation.
Active Top Secret/SCI from her LinkedIn page .
Hope she loses that.
Linked-in
Budget Analyst
US Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security
Jul 2015 - Present 9 years 11 months
Rosslyn, VA
Operations / Aircraft Clearance Coordinator / Security Manager
Defense Attache Office, US Embassy Riyadh
Aug 2012 - Jan 2015 2 years 6 months
US Defense Attache-Defense Intelligence Agency, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Naval Postgraduate Dental School Graphic
Senior Enlisted Leader
Naval Postgraduate Dental School
Jun 2009 - Apr 2012 2 years 11 months
Bethesda, MD
Medical Officer Recruiter
Naval Recruiting District NY
Jan 2008 - Jun 2009 1 year 6 months
New York, NY
Ships 3M (Material Maintenance Management) Coordinator
USS Emory S. Land AS-39
May 2004 - Nov 2007 3 years 7 months
USS Emory S. Land, Italy
Basic Life Support Program Manager
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Feb 2001 - Apr 2004 3 years 3 months
Bethesda, MD
Volunteer Experience
Program Coordinator
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program
Jul 1994 - Present 30 years 11 months
Civil Rights and Social Action
* Served as Multi-Command SAPR Manager; provided direct oversight of the SAPR program with 25 Victim Advocate (VA) volunteers serving over 6,000 military personnel in the region with zero operating
budget.
* Special Program subject matter expert! Volunteered for the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
since 1994, served as Victim Advocate, Sexual Assault Victim Intervention Coordinator, SAPR Liaison, and Victim Witness Assistance Program (VWAP) coordinator.
* Provided SAPR…Show more
US Navy Graphic
Morale Welfare and Recreation Director
US Navy
Feb 2005 - Dec 2007 2 years 11 months
Social Services
Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Director
USS Emory S. Land AS-39
La Maddalena, Italy
• Selected to fill-in a critical gapped position as the Ship’s MWR Director, USS Emory S. Land (ESL) AS-39, for a back-to-back Gulf of Guinea operations in West Africa in 2005 and 2006, which included port visits to Senegal, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Ghana, Angola, Republic of Congo, and other European continents.
• Directed two-member team with an annual operating budget of $120,000…
Seems to be very connected inside the bubble. Must know a lot of things about a lot of people.
OMG!! The THIEF is BLACK!! I am SHOCKED!
lol......just a ghetto girl in need of luxuries.
Lavita did more than steal, she violated the public’s trust! For that she must do a decade+ of prison time.....
Ah.
Navy. USPHS.
What’s the difference?
Do women embezzle more often than men or does it just seem that way?
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