{"id":2585768,"date":"2026-03-31T15:33:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-staffer-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-over-22k-from-congresswoman\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:35:32","slug":"ex-staffer-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-over-22k-from-congresswoman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-staffer-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-over-22k-from-congresswoman\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-staffer pleads guilty to stealing over $22k from congresswoman"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-staffer-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-over-22k-from-congresswoman%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2585768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A former aide to Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur pleaded guilty to stealing about $23,000 from teh congresswoman\u2019s bank account to pay off her own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-worker-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-after-lying-to-govt-for-pandemic-benefits\/\" title=\"NASA worker sentenced to 18 months in prison after lying to govt. for pandemic benefits\">credit card debt<\/a>.Courtney Hruska admitted to felony wire fraud in a plea deal with prosecutors, acknowledging she used Kaptur\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-reject-measure-to-prevent-irs-from-collecting-americans-sensitive-banking-information\/\" title=\"Democrats Reject Measure To Prevent IRS From Collecting Americans\u2019 Sensitive Banking Information\">bank account information<\/a> on about 10 occasions between August 19, 2023, and July 30, 2024. Kaptur had provided and entrusted Hruska with the victim\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrats-dc-trip-to-block-election-security-bill-will-cost-nearly-1-5-million-legislators-say\/\" title=\"Texas Democrats\u2019 DC Trip To Block Election Security Bill Will Cost Nearly .5 Million, Legislators Say\">personal credit card<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australias-optus-says-up-to-10-million-customers-caught-in-cyber-attack\/\" title=\"Australia\u2019s Optus says up to 10 million customers caught in cyber attack\">bank account details<\/a> and authorized purchases as part of her duties.Hruska, who spent years in Kaptur\u2019s office before leaving in 2022 to work for the Department of Agriculture, faces up to 20 years in prison, with sentencing set for June 23 before U.S.District Judge leonie Brinkema. As part of the plea, she must repay the full amount stolen, surrender her passport, and refrain from possessing weapons.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former staffer pleads guilty to stealing over $22,000 from congresswoman<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2547459\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A former aide to a sitting Democratic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">congresswoman<\/a> on Tuesday pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ohio\/\">Ohio <\/a>lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Courtney Hruska, a former staffer to Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), admitted to committing felony wire fraud and stealing nearly $23,000 from her former boss&rsquo;s bank account to pay off credit card debt, according to the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia. Hruska&nbsp;faces up to 20 years in prison and is set to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema on June 23.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4510783\/tiger-woods-opioid-pills-crash-police\/\">Tiger Woods allegedly carried opioid pills in pocket during crash, police say<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4510217\/nyc-councilwoman-kathy-hochul-aide-federal-corruption-investigation\/\">NYC councilwoman and Hochul aide face federal corruption investigation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4509827\/michigan-synagogue-attack-terrorism-hezbollah\/\">Michigan synagogue attack that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >left gunman dead inspired<\/a> by Hezbollah, officials say<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Hruska spent years in Kaptur&rsquo;s office, working her way up until leaving the office in 2022 to work for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-agriculture\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4185\">Department of Agriculture<\/a>, according to court filings. Kaptur &ldquo;provided and entrusted the defendant with Victim&rsquo;s personal credit card and bank account information&rdquo; and authorized her to &ldquo;make specific purchases&rdquo; as part of her position, documents said, a freedom which Hruska admitted in a plea deal to abusing for her personal benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Between Aug. 19, 2023, and July 30, 2024, Hruska used Kaptur&rsquo;s bank account information to pay off her card bills on 10 separate occasions, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edva\/pr\/former-congressional-staffer-pleads-guilty-using-access-congresspersons-bank-account?bm-verify=AAQAAAAN_____29pQ519SDytaDklvPzneywM54okps9CwvomHrS7Csf7JX2TrwO5RnZdY_2kfjra7bLYsxQudd-CUg1NbgWtVT3PZkWqWMmBh6NUseXAKba9ywSEl41kxBFIQeBe2LD6kQ3stNL-qz_vJR4fSsbG1TamNpv2CoPRMN1Gq4x_UTpJywkYLYP3Uty4fvd0svtC4RR19saDJFDdc4H9SbjVuUHMbUGcNDqpanEruaN2HHUjBsryxytvnFYbL5hAdVfQpx_6kostFv35SdbjNa9L2vdvl_2gVHR7IQJ14ZeoLNM77BVYECPx3WL-dff3L_OnuDnF8AafrTSzVc3m9ro-ifWpfqbJunnWyVAdh3PA2qCt9ejnRRTUTxIu44INQdScEZfe0vK65PeRhIXBIwycyNn9H_M\">according to<\/a> the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4478060\/trump-tariffs-threaten-gop-2026-election-chances\/\"><strong>TRUMP TARIFFS THREAT GOP 2026 ELECTION CHANCES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because more than a year had lapsed between Hruska&rsquo;s first fraudulent transaction and the member&rsquo;s discovery of the theft, the member recovered less than 9% of the stolen funds in fraud compensation,&rdquo; the DOJ said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Hruska stole at least $22,865.07. The former aide must pay the entire amount stolen, surrender her passport, and refrain from possessing a gun, destructive device, or other weapon, in accordance with her plea deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-aide pleads guilty to theft from Ohio congresswoman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2585769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26051745061951.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[4402,50403,51639,5894,51799],"class_list":["post-2585768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-congress","tag-crime-2","tag-law-2","tag-politics","tag-theft-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26051745061951.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585772,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585768\/revisions\/2585772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}