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May 20 On the website of a Florida nonprofit that serves the homeless, Anthony and Deana Sharper were portrayed as a success story a couple who went from sleeping in a minivan with their children to entering college together and launching successful careers. "The program was AWESOME for our family," Deana Sharper said in her account of the family's rise from near financial ruin. "We learned .
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Charlotte, NC The president of a Charlotte high school Booster Club and his wife have been indicted on federal charges for stealing more than $200,000 from the organization. The husband is also charged with fraudulently obtaining over $236,000 in COVID-19 relief funds to cover up the theft, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
Mona Passmore, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, Charlotte Field Office (IRS-CI), Robert R. Wells, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Charlotte Division, and Tommy D. Coke, Inspector in Charge of the Atlanta Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) which oversees Charlotte join Acting U.S. Attorney Stetzer in making today s announcement.
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A Charlotte couple has been indicted on federal charges of embezzling more than $200,000 from the booster club of a Charlotte high school. Federal prosecutors say 39-year-old Anthony Sharper and 45-year-old Deana Sharper wrote themselves checks, wired money into their bank account and used the club’s debit and credit cards.
Multiple news outlets report the club was at South Mecklenburg High.
“The indictment further alleges that Anthony Sharper, who is a certified public accountant, also committed tax fraud by failing to report any of the embezzled funds on the couple’s joint 2018 and 2019 tax returns filed with the IRS,” the U.S. Attorney s Office for the Western District of North Carolina said in a news release.