Dumas Downtown Association Faces Embezzlement Scandal

When you remove all the different drug busts that happen in Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle, you tend to see more white collar crimes than anything else. They can also be some of the more entertaining cases to follow.

Drug busts are pretty straightforward. You got caught with drugs, we have the evidence, case closed. White collar crimes? They have some serious depth to them. The planning that goes into those crimes is extensive most of the time.

What Is A White Collar Crime

It's not a term you hear used overly often, so in case you aren't aware of the definition of a white collar crime, here it is. It's a non-violent crime that typically involves financial gain by an individual.

A more common term you'd hear in cases like this would be embezzlement. Money laundering is another white collar type of crime.

Embezzlement Drama In Dumas

One thing that seems to be a common thing is that these embezzlement crimes tend to be committed by someone who works in a city office. More often than not, it's someone who has access to the system and can manipulate it.

The Dumas Downtown Association is currently dealing with this exact thing after an investigation uncovered a possible embezzlement from city funds.

Details Of The Investigation

Dumas Mayor Bob Brinkmann said they had learned about the investigation and ended up placing Executive Director of the Dumas Downtown Association Irene Delgado on unpaid leave pending the results of that investigation.

Shortly after that, Delgado submitted her resignation, and it was immediately accepted. No charges have been filed as of yet in the case.