SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) – The former manager of a Nebraska
company that manages Social Security and other benefits for clients
has pleaded guilty to embezzlement.
Scottsbluff radio station KNEB is reporting that 48-year-old
Karen Adams entered the federal plea in Seattle, where she was
arrested.
Adams is accused of taking more than $26,000 from Safe Harbor
Inc. between May 2008 and September 2009. The Scottsbluff company
manages Social Security and other federal program benefits as well
as private funds for its clients in western Nebraska and in Wyoming
and South Dakota.
The indictment says Adams took the money from more than a dozen
Safe Harbor client accounts, writing checks for goods and services
for her own use.
Her sentencing is set for Aug. 23.