Ex-cashier pleads guilty to theft from Navy base in Japan

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Federal prosecutors say a Filipino woman has pleaded guilty in Kansas to stealing nearly $100,000 from a U.S. Naval base in Japan.

The prosecutors announced Monday that Cynthia Lopez Creseni pleaded guilty Friday to theft of public money. She stole $99,068 from the Morale Welfare and Recreation Center at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan.

At the time of the thefts, Creseni was lead cashier of the game/slot room.

Prosecutors said Creseni was placed on administrative leave after reporting the funds missing when she returned from a U.S. vacation in February 2015.

She sold her home and returned to the Philippines. Agents learned she entered the U.S. in July 2015. She was arrested in January 2017 in Overland Park, Kansas, for overstaying her visa.

Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 4.

In Other News

Army marathon team to run game ball to Philly

Following a time-honored tradition, the Army West Point Marathon Team will run the game ball from West Point to Lincoln Financial Field.

VA plans ‘week of action’ to highlight new toxic exposure benefits

The move builds on months of efforts to publicize health care and disability payouts available through the PACT Act.

US sending $275 million in military aid to Ukraine

Including the latest aid, the U.S. has now committed more than $19.3 billion in weapons and other equipment to Ukraine since Russia attacked on Feb. 24.

About 2,000 independent pharmacies coming back to Tricare

Other pharmacies still have time to rejoin Tricare network, but reimbursement rates are lower in the coming year.

Army lets Navy drown in ‘Titanic’ spirit video

The Army pulled a Rose and let Navy (Jack) drown in the Atlantic.

Load More