Staff Reports
In yet another striking example of government corruption, Levita Ferrer was caught red-handed pilfering a staggering $650,000 from the U.S. State Department. This isn’t just petty theft—this is a deliberate raid on taxpayers’ money, and Ferrer, a senior budget analyst in the Office of the Chief of Protocol at the State Department, knew precisely what she was doing when she made 63 checks payable to herself and then doctored the records to cover her tracks.
Ferrer is a product of an unchecked bureaucratic system where employees think they can get away with anything—possibly because they can. From March 2022 to April 2024, she printed checks, forged signatures, and altered accounting records. Yet somehow, this high-powered fox managed to guard the henhouse for more than two years before anyone clued in.
Her doublespeak within the murky corridors of the State Department, manipulating QuickBooks records, is exactly what we’ve come to expect from a swamp that refuses to drain itself. This audacious scandal unfurled without serious oversight or accountability—key ingredients this government sorely lacks. And you can bet, if this can happen within the State Department, other federal agencies are just the tip of the iceberg.
Despite Ferrer’s guilty plea and a looming sentence that could lead to as much as a decade behind bars, does anyone really believe this will change anything? Time and again, we see the same liberal-led incompetence: paper-pushing elites rewarding themselves at America’s expense. And who pays the price? Hardworking citizens who trust these institutions to safeguard their interests.
Sure, Ferrer agreed to pay restitution along with forfeiture judgments, but how do you put a price on the kind of trust she shattered? The enforcement agencies that finally unraveled her scheme surely deserve credit, but they also highlight how porous the system is if this happened on their watch in the first place.
Come September, we’ll see how firm a stance the judge takes with Ferrer. But will this be a meaningful slap on the wrist or another passing headline? Let’s hope the justice meted out serves as a warning shot to those lurking in bureaucratic shadows—because America deserves better. Isn’t it time for a government that stops stealing from its people and starts defending them?
