Former housing authority director accused of embezzling $106k

The former executive director of the Whitefish Housing Authority is accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from the nonprofit during his brief tenure with the organization. 

Dwarne Hawkins was indicted in June in U.S. District Court in Missoula on one count of theft from an organization that receives federal funding and five counts of wire fraud. 

Charging documents allege that while working as executive director, Hawkins embezzled funds from the housing authority by diverting and inflating payroll, paying personal expenses with the housing authority's credit card, and creating and paying fraudulent invoices to businesses that Hawkins controlled.