(KRON) -- A San Mateo County employee accused of embezzling just under $800,000 over a span of eight years pleaded not guilty to all charges on Thursday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.

Kian Hanohano Atkinson, 47, of Foster City, is charged with three counts of embezzlement by a public officer and three counts of a public officer crime, all of which carry an enhancement of aggravated white collar crime. Additional charges include nine counts of identity theft, carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle and carrying a concealed loaded weapon.

Atkinson was hired in 2016 to the county’s Environmental Health Services division and was in charge of issuing drilling and well permits. According to prosecutors, in January 2017, he began diverting well permit applications

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