CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Pamela McDaniel, 69, of Charleston, has been ordered to pay $17,543.92 in restitution and sentenced to five years of federal probation, including six months on home detention, for altering a postal money order and embezzling more than $28,000 from the Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority (CKHA).
According to court documents and statements made in court, McDaniel had been employed by CKHA since 2006 and was serving as a housing manager in 2018. As a housing manager, McDaniel’s duties included collecting tenant rental payments and forwarding them to the CKHA accounts clerk. On January 10, 2018, McDaniel received a $235 postal money order from a CKHA tenant intended for rental payment. McDaniel admitted to adding her own name to the postal money order to make it appear as though McDaniel was the intended beneficiary of the payment. McDaniel deposited the postal money order into her personal checking account.
McDaniel further admitted that from 2007 to 2018, she used her position as a CKHA housing manager to embezzle $28,523.30. As part of this scheme, McDaniel altered money orders she received from tenants attempting to pay dues that they owed CKHA and deposited the altered money orders into her personal checking account. McDaniel offset some of the money she stole by repaying a portion of the embezzled funds.
United States Attorney Will Thompson made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General (HUD OIG) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin imposed the sentence. Assistant United States Attorney Ryan Blackwell prosecuted the case.
McDaniel’s crimes include altering a postal money order and embezzling more than $28,000 from the Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority (CKHA). McDaniel, 69, of Charleston, was ordered to pay $17,543.92 in restitution and sentenced to five years of federal probation, including six months on home detention, for her crimes.
The case against McDaniel began in 2022, and she was sentenced on an undisclosed date. McDaniel’s restitution of $17,543.92 is in addition to her five-year federal probation sentence, which includes six months of home detention. The exact date of McDaniel’s sentencing is not specified in the press release. McDaniel’s crimes involved altering a postal money order and embezzling $28,523.30 from CKHA between 2007 and 2018.
McDaniel used her position as a housing manager at CKHA to embezzle funds from the organization, altering money orders and depositing them into her own bank account. McDaniel repaid some of the funds she embezzled, but still owes $17,543.92 in restitution.
McDaniel’s crimes were investigated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General (HUD OIG) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). McDaniel was sentenced by United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, with Assistant United States Attorney Ryan Blackwell prosecuting the case.
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Key Facts
- State: West Virginia
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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