Finance director arrested on embezzlement, fraud charges in Spring Lake, North Carolina

The former finance director of the town of Spring Lake was arrested Friday on charges of embezzlement, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
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Transcript: HOPEFULLY THOSE FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE OK. ERIC MILLER LIVE IN LENOIR COUNTY. THANK YOU, ERIC.  THE FORMER FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWN OF SPRING LAKE WAS ARRESTED TODAY ON CHARGES OF INVESTMENT BANK FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT. OFFICIALS TELL US CAMERON TUCKER STOLE MORE THAN HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS OF TAXPAYER MONEY. WR SEEING HAS THE INDICTMENT AND SHE SPOKE WITH THE STATE TREASURER TONIGHT.  I HAVE THAT INDICTMENT RIGHT HERE. ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS MISUSE OF TOWN FUND STATES BACK TO 2016, I SPOKE TO THE STATE TREASURER WHO SHOWED US ONE OF THOSE CHECKS MADE OUT TO A NURSING HOME FOR ABOUT $6,000.63. YEAR-OLD CAMERON, TUCKER, STILL MORE THAN $500,000 FROM THE TOWN OF SPRING LAKE STARTED ALL TURN NORTH CAROLINA NOT ONLY FOUND NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE MISSING MONEY.  BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY 35 VEHICLES THAT ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR. STATE TREASURER DALE FOLWELL SAYS IT ALL TOOK PLACE DURING HER TENURE AS FINANCE DIRECTOR AND COUNTING TECHNICIAN FOR THE TOWN $148,000 IN CHECKS FROM A DATA GACY, TUCKER, $177,000 IN CHECKS MADE OUT TO HERITAGE PLACE.  AND $240,000 IN CHECKS MADE PAYABLE TO BREK MUTUAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, INCLUDING MONEY FOR RENT OR PERSONAL LIVING EXPENSES, CASH WITHDRAWALS AND MONEY TRANSFERS TO OTHERS. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ALL IS.  THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OR SOME OTHER. THIS IS ACTUALLY A CHECK MADE OUT TO THE NURSING HOME. AND IT'S GOT TUCKERMAN BESIDE THE MIDDLE OF A LOT.  HOW MUCH IS AT WAR?  THIS IS FOR A $6,465. AND I THINK THAT WAS JUST FOR WAR.  ALL FALL WILL SAYS THE MONEY CAME FROM PROPERTY TAXES PAID IN SPRING LAKE AND PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE UPSET. FACT IS THAT SOMEONE SOME AND SLIDE IT.  EITHER WOULD HAVE TO PAY HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS ITS TROLLING ARE HOPEFUL IS A PLACE WHERE I'M AT TO COME PEOPLE OR THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE PROPER ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE PAID FOR. TUCKER IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF EMBEZZLEMENT, 4 COUNTS OF BANK FRAUD AND 2 COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT. THE FBI IS ALSO INVESTIGATING THIS CASE. THE FIRST COMMITTEE HEARING

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