Nearly $700,000 stolen from Dallas County jail inmate accounts in debit card scheme; FBI notified

[TexasTowelie]

Nearly $700,000 was stolen from Dallas County jail inmate commissary accounts in a scheme involving damaged debit cards, the county auditor said. Now, the investigation has been turned over to the FBI.

County auditors presented the results of an internal investigation to the Commissioners Court on Tuesday that showed operational loopholes allowed an employee to produce debit cards from an inmate trust fund. The problems they found in their audit have been fixed through new oversight, they said.

Without providing details, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department said in April that it had arrested former clerk Umeka Myers and charged her with property theft. Department spokesman Raul Reyna said Tuesday the arrest was connected to the case but did not provide additional details, saying the federal investigation continues.

Myers was released in lieu of $5,000 bail in April and is awaiting trial. The sheriff’s department said she was fired after her arrest.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/10/20/nearly-700000-stolen-from-dallas-jail-inmate-accounts-after-debit-card-scheme-fbi-notified/

[yonder]

1. $5000 dollar bail?

[TexasTowelie]

2. Stealing from the downtrodden

is less serious than stealing from regular folk, or so the JP believes which is why bail was set so ridiculously low. Interesting that she couldn't even make bail after stealing so much.