George Bush

Former White House Aide Pleads Guilty To Bilking Government-Funded Group

Zachary Roth | December 19, 2008, 4:38PM

Felipe Sixto -- the former aide to President Bush charged with stealing from a government-funded agency that works for democracy and human rights in Cuba -- pleaded guilty today to theft from a federally aided program, reports the Associated Press

Sixto resigned in March from his White House job as special assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs.

Before that, he had worked as chief of staff of the Center for a Free Cuba, from which he stole more than $579,000 by overcharging the center for radios and flashlights, according to the Justice Department.

His sentencing is set for March.

George Bush

Ex-Bush Aide Charged With Stealing Taxpayer Money

Zachary Roth | November 25, 2008, 11:16AM

A former White House aide has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars of federal money that was intended to promote democracy in Cuba, reports the Washington Examiner.

Felipe Sixto was charged with stealing from the Center for a Free Cuba, a non-profit organization, both while he worked there from 2005 to 2007, and after he went to work in the White House last year.

In March of this year, we noted that Sixto had resigned from the White House after the allegations first surfaced. He had been working there as a special assistant to the president in the office of inter-governmental affairs.