(Jason E. Mumpower, Comptroller of the Treasury/ Peg Broadcasting News)
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has completed an investigation resulting in the indictment of Steven Harmon, a former deputy clerk within the Knox County General Sessions Court Clerk’s Office. Comptroller investigators determined that Harmon stole at least $6,577 between January 11, 2019 and October 22, 2019. Harmon’s primary scheme involved voiding cash payments that he received, and then re-entering the cash payment for a lesser amount and pocketing the difference. The Office of Tennessee Comptroller Jason E. Mumpower says Harmon made at least 120 false entries in the office’s accounting records to facilitate or conceal his theft. On Thursday, February 4, 2021, Steven Harmon pled guilty to theft over $1,000. As part of the plea arrangement, he will also pay $6,578.40 in restitution.