To Be Announced...

Ramona Cunningham of CIETC fame...had her lawyer present one of the strangest arguments defending her pilfering of more than $500,000 in pay over a little more than 2 years from taxpayers. Her lawyer says she's just being targeted because she's a successful woman with a GED...

Cunningham enters not-guilty plea

The lawyer for a woman at the center of a $1.8 million federal fraud case insisted Thursday that a 27-count indictment against her is much ado about nothing.

William Kutmus contended that his client, former CIETC Chief Executive Ramona Cunningham, was being picked on because she earned a six-figure salary with only a General Educational Development diploma.

Cunningham, 52, pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday to charges that involve various forms of theft and embezzlement from government agencies. Prosecutors allege that she and two co-workers pocketed roughly $1.8 million in unwarranted compensation from the Central Iowa Employment and Training Consortium in less than three years.

"The criticism is that she is female and she has a GED," Kutmus said. He called such criticism unfair because "the richest man in the world is Mr. Bob Gates."

Cunningham's paycheck, like Gates', was the product of her ability, Kutmus argued after Thursday's arraignment.

Who Is Bob Gates?

Someone better quick investigate this mysterious Bob Gates...it might be another lead in the on-going scandal involving CIETC.

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