前南卡罗来纳州警长认罪 盗窃超过50K元的纳税人资金 用于个人使用和药物费用 Former South Carolina sheriff pleads guilty to stealing over $50K in taxpayer funds for personal use and drug expenses.

60岁的斯巴达堡州前警长Chuck Wright(Chuck Wright)对联邦指控认罪,包括电线欺诈和阴谋从联邦资助的方案中窃取资金,承认2017年至2024年滥用纳税人资金5万多美元。 Former Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright, 60, has pleaded guilty to federal charges including wire fraud and conspiracy to steal from federally funded programs, admitting to misusing over $50,000 in taxpayer funds from 2017 to 2024. 法院记录显示,他用县发放的信用卡购买了100多件个人物品,包括5 000多美元用于食品、香烟、应用程序、iPad和其他物品,并挪用警长福利基金的资金购买止痛药物,据称是因为阿片上瘾所致。 Court records show he used a county-issued credit card for more than 100 personal purchases, including over $5,000 on food, cigarettes, apps, an iPad, and other items, and diverted funds from the sheriff’s Benevolence Fund to buy pain medication, allegedly due to opioid addiction. 他还向一名毒贩支付了药片费,并保留了大约150片药片供处置。 He also paid a drug dealer for pills and kept about 150 pills meant for disposal. Wright在法庭上表示悔恨,承担全部责任,并面临长达20年的监禁和数十万的补偿。 Wright expressed remorse in court, accepting full responsibility, and faces up to 20 years in prison and hundreds of thousands in restitution. 量刑日期尚未确定。 A sentencing date has not yet been set.