{"id":266460,"date":"2026-08-16T16:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266460\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:10:34","slug":"ag-announces-charges-against-former-penndot-employee-accused-of-embezzling-33k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266460\/","title":{"rendered":"AG announces charges against former PennDOT employee accused of embezzling $33K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 A former Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) employee is facing charges after reportedly embezzling more than $33,000 by overcharging a department-issued credit card, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attorneygeneral.gov\/taking-action\/former-penndot-employee-charged-with-embezzling-33k-in-overcharge-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Attorney General&#8217;s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tracy Touzalin, 55, of Dingmans Ferry, was charged Wednesday with felony theft by deception along with three fraud-related felonies from her time as a roadway programs technician from 2023 to 2025 in Pike County, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said Touzalin created fake purchase orders that allowed her to overcharge PennDOT and keep the difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis defendant was entrusted with taxpayer dollars that should have supported much-needed infrastructure projects, but instead went into her personal bank account,\u201d Attorney General Dave Sunday said. \u201cThis conduct is criminal theft and a betrayal of the public she was hired to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, Touzalin charged a total of $57,920 to PennDOT for &#8220;janitorial services,&#8221; with only $24,470 actually being paid to cleaners, the office said. She reportedly pocketed the $33,450 difference into her personal account.<\/p>\n<p>The case was referred from the Office of General Counsel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 A former Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) employee is facing charges after reportedly embezzling more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-266460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}