Former Spring Lake finance director arrested on embezzlement, fraud charges
HOPEFULLY THOSE FIREFIGHTERS
WILL BE OK. ERIC MILLER LIVE IN
LENOIR COUNTY. THANK YOU, ERIC.
>> THE FORMER FINANCE DIRECTOR
FOR THE TOWN OF SPRING LAKE
WAS ARRESTED TODAY ON CHARGES
OF INVESTMENT BANK FRAUD AND
AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT.
OFFICIALS TELL US CAMERON
TUCKER STOLE MORE THAN
HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS OF
TAXPAYER MONEY. WR SEEING HAS
THE INDICTMENT AND SHE SPOKE
WITH THE STATE TREASURER
TONIGHT.
>> I HAVE THAT INDICTMENT RIGHT
HERE. ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS
MISUSE OF TOWN FUND STATES BACK
TO 2016, I SPOKE TO THE STATE
TREASURER WHO SHOWED US ONE
OF THOSE CHECKS MADE OUT TO A
NURSING HOME FOR ABOUT
$6,000.63. YEAR-OLD CAMERON,
TUCKER, STILL MORE THAN
$500,000 FROM THE TOWN OF
SPRING LAKE STARTED ALL TURN
NORTH CAROLINA NOT ONLY FOUND
NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
FOR THE MISSING MONEY.
>> BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY 35
VEHICLES THAT ARE UNACCOUNTED
FOR. STATE TREASURER DALE
FOLWELL SAYS IT ALL TOOK PLACE
DURING HER TENURE AS FINANCE
DIRECTOR AND COUNTING
TECHNICIAN FOR THE TOWN
$148,000 IN CHECKS FROM A DATA
GACY, TUCKER, $177,000 IN
CHECKS MADE OUT TO HERITAGE
PLACE.
>> AND $240,000 IN CHECKS MADE
PAYABLE TO BREK MUTUAL FEDERAL
CREDIT UNION, INCLUDING MONEY
FOR RENT OR PERSONAL LIVING
EXPENSES, CASH WITHDRAWALS AND
MONEY TRANSFERS TO OTHERS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ALL IS.
>> THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OR SOME
OTHER. THIS IS ACTUALLY A CHECK
MADE OUT TO THE NURSING HOME.
AND IT'S GOT TUCKERMAN BESIDE
THE MIDDLE OF A LOT.
>> HOW MUCH IS AT WAR?
>> THIS IS FOR A $6,465.
AND I THINK THAT WAS JUST FOR
WAR.
>> ALL FALL WILL SAYS THE MONEY
CAME FROM PROPERTY TAXES PAID
IN SPRING LAKE AND PEOPLE HAVE
EVERY RIGHT TO BE UPSET.
FACT IS THAT SOMEONE SOME AND
SLIDE IT.
>> EITHER WOULD HAVE TO PAY
HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH
IS ITS TROLLING ARE HOPEFUL IS
A PLACE WHERE I'M AT TO COME
PEOPLE OR THEY DID NOT RECEIVE
THE PROPER ESSENTIAL SERVICES
THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE
PAID FOR. TUCKER IS CHARGED
WITH ONE COUNT OF EMBEZZLEMENT,
4 COUNTS OF BANK FRAUD AND 2
COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED IDENTITY
THEFT. THE FBI IS ALSO
INVESTIGATING THIS CASE.
THE FIRST COMMITTEE HEARING