A 44-year-old woman has been charged with stealing more than $210,000 from a southern Minnesota city's public housing authority over an eight-year time span.
Woman charged with stealing $213K from Albert Lea public housing authority
She stole the money "for her own use," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
August 18, 2022 at 9:33PM
Marcie M. Thumann was charged Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis with theft from a government program that receives federal funding in connection with thefts from the Albert Lea Housing and Redevelopment Authority, where she worked.
Thumann has been charged by summons and is due in court Oct. 12. An attorney for Thumann declined Thursday to comment about the allegations.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Thumann stole $213,217 "for her own use" from the housing authority, which receives funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The thefts occurred from January 2010 through "at least" mid-July 2018, court records disclosed.
The charging document did not disclose how Thumann went about stealing from the agency.
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