Former State Department Analyst Pleads Guilty to $650K Embezzlement; DSS Agent Detained in Brussels Incident
Washington, D.C. — A former senior budget analyst at the U.S. State Department has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $650,000 in federal funds, according to an announcement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington.
Levita Almuete Ferrer, 64, of Maryland, admitted to committing a multi-year fraud scheme while working in the Office of the Chief of Protocol. Between March 2022 and April 2024, Ferrer used her position to write and deposit 63 unauthorized checks totaling $657,347.50. Most of the checks were issued to herself, with a few directed to an individual with whom she had a personal relationship.
Prosecutors say Ferrer used government accounting software to create fraudulent checks and then altered official records to make the payments appear legitimate. She operated under both her real name and an alias, Levita Brezovic, to carry out the scheme and bypass internal safeguards.
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