On January 6, 2025, a former DEA Accounting Technician was sentenced to six months of imprisonment and ordered to pay $75,546 in restitution for one count of embezzlement. Scott Knox was sentenced in the District of Arizona. According to the factual basis in support of the guilty plea, from in or about September 2023, Knox willfully and knowingly embezzled $75,546 from a DEA Imprest Fund by unlawfully removing cash deposits from the vault. The investigation was conducted by the OIG’s Tucson Office; digital forensic assistance was provided by the OIG’s Cyber Investigations Office.
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