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A former financial analyst for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind was charged Thursday with stealing more than $67,000 from school accounts — crimes that were revealed by the state Auditor's Office in a July report that did not name the suspect.

Leslie Sue White, 44, of Ogden, was charged Thursday in 2nd District Court with communications fraud and two counts of unlawful use of a financial transaction card, all second-degree felonies, as well as third-degree felony theft.

An initial court date was set for Nov. 1.

Charges state that the thefts began in November 2011. It was after White left the school in January for a different job that the missing funds were discovered, charges state.

White used the school's Sam's Club credits cards to charge more than $43,000 during 379 transactions for personal expenditures — including gift cards, electronics, automobile fuel, auto services and cigarettes, charges state.

She also made at least $20,000 in potentially fraudulent purchases at Smith's Food King, more than $7,000 of which were for gift cards or prepaid credit cards, charges state.

Auditors found that White manipulated monthly financial reports to the school's Advisory Council, including efforts to conceal the theft of donated funds, charges state.

White also used the school's tax exemption for personal purchases, and she made unlawful charges while traveling to locations outside of Utah, charges state.