TAMPA — A rent collector for the Pinellas County Housing Authority stole $23,126 on duty, the federal government charged Tuesday in U.S. District Court.
Keomala Phandara Khammanivong, 32, worked at the French Villas public housing complex from 2008 to 2012, a court record states. French Villas is a 185-unit complex along 54th Avenue N in the Lealman area of Pinellas County.
Known to coworkers as "La," she interviewed tenants, fielded complaints, entered work orders, collected rent and made bank deposits.