TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The former finance director of the Pierce County Public Housing Authority in Tacoma has been indicted on federal charges that she stole nearly $7 million from the agency. The four-count wire fraud indictment was unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, a day after Cova Campbell was arrested in Redbird, Oklahoma.
The Pierce County Housing Authority fired Campbell last August after the state auditor uncovered financial irregularities. In a report in December, the auditor’s office said Campbell and her husband had stolen $6.9 million since 2016 and used the money to buy property in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, among other things. The auditor reported the findings to the FBI.