Rhayda Barnes Thomas is alleged to have stolen more than $300,000 from a reentry employment program — where she was hired after serving time for another embezzlement scheme.

A Metro station manager allegedly stole paper fare cards from riders with insufficient funds and transferred them to SmarTrip cards that were sold for profit.

A Metrorail station manager was charged today with carrying out an embezzlement scheme in which he allegedly took customers’ nearly depleted—but not entirely empty—fare cards and transfered the remaining value to SmarTrip passes he later resold.

There’s more and more bad news coming out of the office of the D.C. Chief Financial Officer.

Diners who have left an establishment owned by the Clyde’s Restaurant Group feeling bilked by a pricey check, take comfort: You weren’t the only ones getting ripped off.

Two pieces of courtroom action to keep track of from today. The first is former Jim Graham chief-of-staff Ted Loza, who appeared in a brief hearing today to enter a plea of not guilty, as expected. D.C. Wire has the report. Loza stands accused of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and making false statements. His trial is not expected to start until October. Second is a guilty plea in the nearly forgotten OCTO case. Sushil Bansal,…

Via NBCWashington.com, we’re sent to this link, which shows luxury items currently up for bid from a Texas auction house that is working with the U.S. Marshals Service to move all of infamous D.C. government embezzler Harriette Walters’ ill-gotten luxury goods. The items aren’t clearly labeled as having belonged to Walters, however, so we’re not sure if all of them were hers, or only some of them. Most of the items are attributed to…

It’s a breaking news kinda Wednesday, apparently. As best we can tell, Marc Steiner was actually the first person to report that embattled Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has agreed to resign as part of a plea agreement reached with state prosecutors. The AP has since confirmed the news, noting that the mayor’s resignation comes shortly after she entered an Alford plea today on a perjury charge. Dixon was convicted last month of embezzling gift cards…

View Larger Map It might not look like much, but this house, located at 6880 Oregon Ave NW, once contained mink coats, designer purses and shoes, a Faberge egg, plus “a pair of silver-plated iguana figurines, a silverware set, a Rolex watch and a silver bar cart.” That’s right, this house used to belong to convicted Office of Tax and Revenue embezzler Harriette Walters. And now it can be yours! Via Reliable Source, the house…

Harriette Walters (D.C. govt. photo) Harriette Walters, the ringleader behind a massive, two-decade-long, $50 million embezzlement scheme run from the inside of the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue, has been sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison today. The prison time is on the high end of the 15 to 18 year sentencing window arranged in her plea agreement. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan handed down the sentence, which also…