SACRAMENTO, CA - A former Sacramento mayor's city council operations manager was arrested Tuesday in connection to using public money for personal use.
Belisa Serna-Mayorga was accused of using a city credit card for personal use - like trips to Disneyland, makeup, restaurants, clothes, iTunes games, music and groceries - from June 2009 to June 2012, Sacramento County District Attorney's Office spokesperson Shelly Orio said.
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The Sacramento Police Department said it began its investigation into Serna-Mayorga in August 2012 at the request of Sacramento City Manager John Shirey.
An internal audit in June 2012 found?Serna-Mayorga did not file the proper paperwork for charges totaling more than $19,000 on the city credit card. She then admitted?those charges were for personal use, Orio said.
The investigation also found?Serna-Mayorga wrote $9,000 in checks on the city's account for personal use. According to Orio, on June 28, Serna-Mayorga wrote two checks equal to $3,029.17. Then on July 18 she?wrote another check for $6,000.
Also, Serna-Mayorga is accused of forging accounting documents. Orio said the documents she turned in to justify her purchases had a forged signature of the mayor's chief of staff, Kunal Merchant.
Sacramento police said Serna-Mayorga was arrested around 4 p.m. on the 5800 block of 14th Avenue. Police said she was cooperative and?taken into custody without incident.
Serna-Mayorga was booked into Sacramento County Jail for misappropriation of public funds, theft of public funds, forgery and making or drawing worthless checks. She posted $50,000 bail and was released.
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