Washington Times worker charged in hawker scheme

A former Washington Times circulation department employee has been charged in a scheme that stole nearly $100,000 by generating hundreds of paychecks for “ghost” carriers and teenage hawkers.

Federal prosecutors charged 53-year-old Elizabeth L. Dura, of Waldorf, with bank fraud for the scheme they said she ran until 2008, shortly before the newspaper stopped using hawker and carrier contractors, charging documents said.