Former Montana Official Accused Of Using State Money For Tattoo, Divorce And Rent (2025)

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Posted on 01/04/2025 9:18:47 AM PST by CFW

A Montana official entrusted with preserving Montana’s history is accused of embezzling up to as much as $300,000 in state funds to pay for his tattoo, divorce fees and rent.

Michael Elijah Allen, who took over as the Heritage Commission’s executive director in 2012, is accused of embezzling the money between 2020 to early 2024, a criminal complaint filed by Lewis and Clark County.

The MHC’s total annual budget is around $2.2 million, which the agency uses to maintain and preserve three important historic sites in Montana.

Allen allegedly deployed a variety of tactics to embezzle MHC funds and launder the money through fake invoices to a shell company, phony work projects and bogus work trips. He claimed he was acquiring historic artifacts when he was pocketing the money, according to the complaint.

Now Allen faces two counts of theft by embezzlement and one count of money laundering. He was incarcerated in Lewis and Clark County before posting a $100,000 bond on Dec. 30. Allen faces up to 40 years in prison.

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1posted on 01/04/2025 9:18:47 AM PSTby CFW

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To: CFW

Bad headline - could have easily been a story about wasting his salary on those items.

2posted on 01/04/2025 9:20:41 AM PSTby larrytown(A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)

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To: larrytown

Screwed, blued and tattooed. As we used to say.

3posted on 01/04/2025 9:24:42 AM PSTby dblshot

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To: All

Allen allegedly deployed a variety of tactics to embezzle MHC funds and launder the money through fake invoices to a shell company, phony work projects and bogus work trips. He claimed he was acquiring historic artifacts when he was pocketing the money, according to the complaint.

4posted on 01/04/2025 9:26:06 AM PSTby Liz((This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ))

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To: CFW

A Montana official embezzled as much as $300,000

Official government corruption. It never ends....

5posted on 01/04/2025 9:29:45 AM PSTby dragnet2(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)

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To: CFW

Since it wasn’t stated, must be a demoncrap.

6posted on 01/04/2025 9:44:57 AM PSTby clee1(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)

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To: larrytown

Screwed, blued and tattooed. As we used to say.

7posted on 01/04/2025 9:51:58 AM PSTby dblshot

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To: Liz

How did they find all this? Jilted women?

8posted on 01/04/2025 10:12:24 AM PSTby nwrep

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To: nwrep

Good investigators.......he might have been forced to confess.

9posted on 01/04/2025 10:15:43 AM PSTby Liz((This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ))

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