TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Five more people are charged in connection to a million dollar fraud scheme, Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia announced.
Briana McCarthy if facing a litany of charges after allegedly defrauding state agencies out of $1.7 million by approving fraudulent property damage claims while she was working as a Risk Management Program Specialist for the Florida Department of Financial Services.
Now, five more people are facing fraud charges.
Brianna Hannan, a former employee of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, is charged with Grand Theft, according to Ingoglia’s press release.
Arrest papers say Hannan was a subject of one of the fraudulent claims, resulting in her cashing a check for over $7,000.
Those documents said Hannan told investigators she knew a relative of McCarthy, but was not approached by anyone about the scheme. She also said, when shown a copy of the check she cashed, that she did not recognize it.
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Carlotta Hawkins, also a former Department of Business and Professional Regulation employee, is charged with Grand Theft and Cash Deposit Bank Item with Intent to Defraud.
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