Levita Almuete Ferrer, a 64-year-old Maryland resident and former senior budget analyst in the State Department’s Office of the Chief of Protocol, pleaded guilty to embezzling $657,347.50 from the agency between March 2022 and April 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., announced.
Ferrer abused her signature authority over a State Department checking account, writing 60 checks to herself and three to an individual with whom she had a personal relationship, prosecutors said. She printed, signed, and deposited all 63 checks into her personal accounts.
To conceal her actions, Ferrer, also known as Levita Brezovic, manipulated a Quickbooks account. “She would enter her name as the payee on checks in Quickbooks and print them,” prosecutors said, noting she often altered the payee in Quickbooks to a legitimate State Department vendor afterward, obscuring her role as the recipient.
Ferrer pleaded guilty to theft of government property on Wednesday and faces up to 10 years in prison at her sentencing on September 18. Under her plea deal, she must pay full restitution and a forfeiture money judgment equal to the stolen amount.
Why One Survival Food Company Shines Above the Rest
Let’s be real. “Prepper Food” or “Survival Food” is generally awful. The vast majority of companies that push their cans, bags, or buckets desperately hope that their customers never try them and stick them in the closet or pantry instead. Why? Because if the first time they try them is after the crap hits the fan, they’ll be too shaken to call and complain about the quality.
It’s true. Most long-term storage food is made with the cheapest possible ingredients with limited taste and even less nutritional value. This is why they tout calories so much. Sure, they provide calories but does anyone really want to go into the apocalypse with food their family can’t stand?
This is what prompted the Llewellyns to launch Heaven’s Harvest. They bought survival food from multiple companies and determined they couldn’t imagine being stuck in an extended emergency with such low-quality food. They quickly discovered that freeze drying food for long-term storage doesn’t have to mean sacrificing flavor, consistency, or nutrition.
Their ingredients are all-American. In fact, they’re locally sourced and all-natural! This allows their products to be the highest quality on the market, so good that their customers often break open a bag in a pinch to eat because they want to, not just because they have to due to an emergency.
At Heaven’s Harvest, their only focus is amazing food. They don’t sell bugout bags, solar chargers, or multitools. They have one mission – feeding Americans in times of crisis.
What they DO offer is the ability for people to thrive in times of greatest need. On top of long-term storage food, they offer seeds to help Americans for the truly long-term. They want them to grow their own food if possible which is why they offer only Heirloom, Non-GMO, Non-Hybrid, Open-Pollinated seeds so their customers can build permanent food security on their own property.
