A former Utah Transit Authority employee who processed fare boxes was charged Tuesday with stealing perhaps $71,000 in cash from fares, and about another $4,300 derived from recycling old tokens and fare boxes and pocketing the money.
The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office filed six felony charges for theft and misuse of public money against Jason Vaughn Guest for actions dating back to 2014.
The charges, based on an investigation by UTA Police, note that Guest has been fired. They say he once was the fare box services supervisor but was later demoted to a fare box processor on the night shift until he was terminated.