Former Florida Department of Revenue employee faces grand theft charge

Elena Barrera, Tallahassee Democrat
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Suspicious ATM activity at a local credit union led law enforcement to determine she deposited 41 altered money orders, the news release said.
Suspicious ATM activity at a local credit union led law enforcement to determine she deposited 41 altered money orders, the news release said.

A Florida Department of Revenue employee was arrested Wednesday and charged with stealing almost $24,000 in tax dollars.

Paula Burke, 52, was charged with grand theft of more than $20,000, a second-degree felony. She was being held as of Thursday morning in the Leon County Detention Facility in lieu of $5,000 bail.

Burke "is charged with altering money orders intended for motor vehicle taxes and depositing them into her personal bank account while she worked for DOR," according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement news release.

Suspicious ATM activity at a local credit union led law enforcement to determine she deposited 41 altered money orders, the news release said.

Burke is no longer working for the state.

Elena Barrera can be reached at ebarrera@tallahassee.com. Follow her on X: @elenabarreraaa.

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