TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A Tallahassee man has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds, according to the Northern District of Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The guilty plea for 47-year-old Anthony Brewer comes after he was accused of stealing funds from the Department of Veteran Affairs for nearly three years, the attorney’s office wrote in a press release Tuesday.

Court records revealed that Brewer “agreed to serve as a fiduciary under the Department of Veteran Affairs’ fiduciary program and manage the monetary benefits of an individual who was unable to manage their own benefits,” per the press release.

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As part of the agreement, the 47-year-old agreed to use the funds for “the care, support, health, welfare, comfort, and desires of the beneficiary,”

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