Jess George Adams spent city funds and a former employer’s money to buy firearms, eight vehicles and about $55,000 worth of Amazon purchases, according to a plea agreement.
Updated: 15 minutes agoJames M. Fitzgerald U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Anchorage on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020.
Adams agreed to pay back roughly $275,000 he said he embezzled from Houston, according to a signed plea agreement filed in the case. He also agreed to pay back $966,000 he said he took from Alaska Electric and Control, where he was previously employed, and about $309,000 to the U.S. Treasury for tax evasion.
Adams is scheduled for sentencing in January. Burke Wonnell, the federal public defender representing him, declined to comment on the case.Adams used his access to City of Houston accounts to transfer roughly $275,000 to his personal account while he served as treasurer, the plea agreement said. He was hired in 2015 and was responsible for bookkeeping, which gave him access to the city’s accounting records and software, the agreement said.
After he left the city, Jess Adams began working as a bookkeeper at Alaska Electric and Control, which operates as Jewell Equipment Rental in Wasilla.
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