MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - A former employee with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after embezzling more than $20,000 in unauthorized government funds.
Adrian Anthony Aragon, 49, pleaded guilty Monday as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors to dismiss six other charges, the Missoulian reported.
Aragon used government-issued credit cards to pay for personal travel and pottery and make personal cash withdrawals while he was an administrative assistant for the agency, prosecutors said.
Aragon then turned in doctored account statements to his supervisors to hide the transactions, prosecutors said.
Aragon faces a maximum two-year sentence, public defender John Rhodes said during the Monday hearing.
The prosecution would not be seeking a sentence in a detention facility, Assistant U.S. District Attorney Ryan Weldon said.
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