亚利桑那州圣克鲁斯县前财政官挪用约3,870万美元县款 被判120个月监禁
2025年6月23日，位于亚利桑那州皮马县图森市的联邦法院判处圣克鲁斯县前财政官 Elizabeth Gutfahr 120个月监禁。她在十年间挪用约3,870万美元县款，此前已对公职人员挪用、洗钱与逃税罪名认罪。
联邦地区法官 Rosemary C. Márquez 作出量刑：120个月监禁，外加出狱后3年监管释放，并判令她向圣克鲁斯县与美国财政部赔偿约5,180万美元。Gutfahr现年63岁，住在圣克鲁斯县里奥里科，她在2012年至2024年间担任县财政官。案号为24-CR-08132-TUC-RM。
检方说，Gutfahr以自己虚构的空壳公司名义开设账户，把县款通过约187笔电汇转走，涉案总额约3,870万美元。她盗用下属员工的令牌，绕过两步审批，伪造会计记录、对账记录与投资账户报告，也没有就赃款报税。赃款被用于购置房地产、翻修家庭牧场、支付养牛生意开支，以及购买至少20辆汽车。
联邦检察官 Timothy Courchaine、联邦调查局凤凰城办公室负责人 Heith Janke 与国税局刑事调查局凤凰城办公室负责人 Carissa Messick 就宣判发表了声明。此案由助理联邦检察官 Jane L. Westby 与司法部公共诚信科的 Nicholas W. Cannon 起诉。
（来源：美国司法部）
Former Santa Cruz County, Arizona Treasurer Sentenced to 120 Months for Embezzling About $38.7 Million
On June 23, 2025, a federal court in Tucson, a city in Pima County, Arizona, sentenced Elizabeth Gutfahr, the former treasurer of Santa Cruz County, to 120 months in prison. Over ten years she embezzled about $38.7 million in county funds, and she had pleaded guilty to embezzlement by a public official, money laundering, and tax evasion.
U.S. District Judge Rosemary C. Márquez imposed 120 months in prison plus three years of supervised release, and ordered Gutfahr to pay about $51.8 million in restitution to Santa Cruz County and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Gutfahr, 63, of Rio Rico in Santa Cruz County, served as county treasurer from 2012 to 2024. The case is No. 24-CR-08132-TUC-RM.
Prosecutors said Gutfahr moved about $38.7 million in county money through roughly 187 wire transfers into accounts held in the name of a shell company she created. She used security tokens belonging to subordinate employees to bypass two-step approvals, falsified accounting and reconciliation records and investment account reports, and did not report the stolen money for taxes. The proceeds went to real estate purchases, renovations to the family ranch, cattle-business expenses, and at least 20 vehicles.
U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine, Heith Janke of the FBI's Phoenix office, and Carissa Messick of IRS Criminal Investigation's Phoenix office commented on the sentence. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jane L. Westby and Nicholas W. Cannon of the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于诺加莱斯市的圣克鲁斯县历史法院大楼，建于1904年，门前牌上写有县名。Ammodramus 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The historic 1904 Santa Cruz County Courthouse in Nogales, with the county name on the sign in front. Photo by Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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