Friday, October 07, 2011

Two Park Service Employees Disciplined

The National Park Service revealed Thursday that two administrators of the Great Sand Dunes National Park were disciplined in the wake of an employee's alleged embezzlement of $730,000. "The employee's immediate supervisor was sanctioned, and has since resigned," said David Barna, chief spokesman for the park service headquarters in Washington, D.C.He said the senior manager at the park "was also sanctioned," but said the federal Privacy Act prohibits release of specific information about disciplinary action, including the employees' names. The disclosure came after The Pueblo Chieftain first reported that a federal grand jury in Denver indicted the employee, Lydia L. White, on Wednesday. The indictment alleges she took the money month after month for 3 years before the suspected embezzlement was detected in January. Barna said White was the park's administrative officer, a job that gave her access to park money. She is charged with 145 counts of theft of government property and 53 counts of money laundering...more

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