PHOENIX, AZ – Carolina Carrazco, a former payroll specialist with the Gadsden Elementary School District has been indicted on seven felony counts of theft, misuse of public monies, fraudulent schemes and computer tampering. The Auditor General’s Office says Gadsden Elementary School District officials “took appropriate action by reporting her alleged financial misconduct.
According to the Auditor General’s Office, from October 2017 through August 2019, Carrazco may have altered the data in the District’s payroll system 4 times to either stop her payroll deductions of health insurance premiums totaling $7,791 while still maintaining District-provided health insurance, or to conceal her actions.
Additionally, Carrazco prevented the related employer and employee health insurance premiums totaling $20,439 from being paid to a District trust account for their self-insurance plan costs.
The Auditor General’s Office submitted its findings to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, which on August 9, 2021, presented evidence to the State Grand Jury.