{"id":277412,"date":"2026-04-20T21:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277412\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:13:10","slug":"caldwell-pleads-guilty-to-measure-p-embezzlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277412\/","title":{"rendered":"Caldwell Pleads Guilty to Measure P Embezzlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, CA (KMJ)\u00a0 A former manager at the Fresno Arts Council has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $2 million dollars in taxpayer funds.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-86318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776719589_900_suliana-caldwell-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors say Suliana Caldwell diverted $1.82 million in Measure P money\u2014funds meant for Fresno parks and arts programs\u2014into her own accounts. Investigators say she made more than 300 unauthorized wire transfers while overseeing council finances.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say she spent the stolen loot on gambling and vacations.<\/p>\n<p>Caldwell now faces up to 20 years in federal prison, fines, and full restitution. Sentencing is set for August 10th.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, CA (KMJ)\u00a0 A former manager at the Fresno Arts Council has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $2&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-277412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}