AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – A former City of Amarillo employee was sentenced for embezzling from a federal program that provided housing for homeless individuals.
An Amarillo federal judge sentenced 35-year-old Vanessa Robinson to 18 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $121,000.
Robinson was a grant manager for the City of Amarillo from 2013 to January 2024. She was responsible for distributing funds supplied by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help homeless or near-homeless citizens in Amarillo with housing costs…