Tourism fraud charge

Tourism fraud charge

THE former head of the New Orleans Multicultural Tourism Network has surrendered to police after an arrest warrant was issued over allegations of fraud.

Tonnette Rice has been accused of writing cheques to herself from the agency worth over $70,000, with court documents claiming she used the money for her “personal benefit”.

She resigned more than a year ago, around the time an official investigation into the agency’s spending kicked off.

The Network was publicly funded to the tune of $500,000.

Source: traveldaily