Kentucky Official Admits $4-Million Theft
<i> Reuters</i>
FRANKFORT, Ky. —
A state government bureaucrat pleaded guilty Monday to pocketing more than $4 million in tax refund checks issued to a company he created. Prosecutors recommended a 14-year sentence for David Cheak, 42.
Cheak admitted that he used stolen computer passwords of fellow employees at the Revenue Department to write tax refunds for D&G; Industries, a nonexistent company, beginning in 1992.
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