A former deputy commissioner of the state Behavioral Health Administration was charged with theft and filing false tax returns related to a tuition-reimbursement scheme that prosecutors say occurred while she was leader of a nonprofit.
Lindsay Salas, who was hired for the high-level position at the state agency despite the fact that she was under investigation for theft from her previous job, was charged with felony theft, attempted theft and multiple counts of filing false tax returns, the Adams County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.
Salas, 38, was executive director of Court Appointed Special Advocates of Adams and Broomfield Counties, which helps abused and neglected children in the foster care system, when she stole $99,000 in a scheme that used the University of Denver’s tuition portal, according to court records…