By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A former Savannah R3 School District employee has pleaded guilty to defrauding the school district.
Anthony Moon of Savannah has pleaded guilty to three federal charges, including wire fraud and stealing from an employee benefit plan.
The United States Attorney’s office for the Western District of Missouri accused Moon of going into work afterhours to access blank checks. Federal attorneys say Moon wrote several checks between January of 2023 to November of that year, stealing a total of $63,000. Prosecutors say Moon also took money from the school checking account to make nearly $30,000 in payments to his credit cards to pay for Kansas City Chiefs tickets, food, gas, and retail purchases.
Moon worked as an accountant for the Savannah R3 School District from 2018 to 2020, when he took over Parker & Associates in St. Joseph. Moon continued work for the Savannah school district as a contractor.
Federal prosecutors accuse Moon of embezzling a total of more than $92,000 from the school district.
Moon is also accused of withholding $21,000 from his employees’ Simple IRA Plan through Parker & Associates. He also failed to make $8,600 in employer-matching contributions as required by law.
Moon awaits sentencing.
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