5名前威廉斯堡县官员被控在休假期间挪用398K美元公共资金。 Five former Williamsburg County officials indicted for allegedly diverting $398K in public funds during furloughs.

Williamsburg县财务主任Margaret Kimber W.Cooper和4名前县官员——Tiffany Teonta Cooks、Stephen Renard Gardner、Sharon W. Staggers和Kenta Dewanda Moore——被指控犯有10项公共腐败罪,包括公职不当行为和犯罪阴谋,罪名是2020年2月至2022年12月期间未经授权支付的款项共计398 645美元。 Williamsburg County Treasurer Margaret Kimber W. Cooper and four former county officials—Tiffany Teonta Cooks, Stephen Renard Gardner, Sharon W. Staggers, and Keonta Dewanda Moore—have been indicted on 10 counts of public corruption, including misconduct in office and criminal conspiracy, over alleged unauthorized payments totaling about $398,645 between February 2020 and December 2022. 指控源自其他县级雇员被解职的时期,调查由SLED和总检察长办公室进行。 The charges stem from a period when other county employees were furloughed, and the investigation was conducted by SLED and the Attorney General’s office. 检察官指控滥用公共资金,包括挪用联邦救济金和避税的计划。 Prosecutors allege misuse of public funds, including schemes to divert federal relief money and avoid taxes. 该案件正由州总检察长办公室起诉,Cooper定于10月17日接受保释听证会。 The case is being prosecuted by the state’s Attorney General’s office, and Cooper is scheduled for a bond hearing on October 17.