MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – An Albert Lea woman has admitted to stealing more than $200,000 in tenant rent payments. Marcie Marie Thumann, 44, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to one count of theft from a federally funded program. Thumann is accused of stealing the money while working as a bookkeeper for the Albert Lea Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) between January 2010 and July 2018, and routinely embezzling HRA rent payments for her own personal use by pocketing cash payments and altering the payee information on checks and money orders. A sentencing date has not been set.
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