Tag: Des Moines
Ezekiel Dean Potter, Computer Fraud, Iowa 2025
⏱ 2 min read Ezekiel Dean Potter, a 34-year-old former IT employee, hacked into the Saydel Community School District in Des Moines, Iowa, over a year and a half after being terminated in April 2023. Potter downloaded over 300 usernames and passwords, using them to disrupt district operations, including taking down a social media page,…
Jodi Dyan Spargur-Tate, Embezzlement, Iowa 2026
⏱ 3 min read A brazen con artist used her job as a program director at Children and Families of Iowa to steal from a federal jobless aid fund, submitting fake invoices and reimbursement requests that netted her thousands of dollars, authorities say. Jodi Dyan Spargur-Tate, 55, worked at the nonprofit between 2015 and 2022,…
