May 6, 2005 --
A former high-ranking Drug Enforcement Administration official was sentenced to 30 months yesterday for embezzling $138,488 and using the money to lease a car, repair a hot tub, buy clothing and pay his credit-card bills.
Kevin Tamez, 51, held the No. 3 post in the DEA's New York office until he was suspended in 2003. He was responsible for its financial management.
Tamez submitted bogus claims to obtain cash for what he said was official business — and ordered subordinates to put in for expenses that he'd collect. Carl Campanile
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