Memory Smith, a former bookkeeper for Quitman High School, has been arrested by special agents for the Mississippi Office for the State Auditor on one count of embezzlement, according to a news release Monday from State Auditor Shad White.

Smith is accused of taking cash from the school activity fund and pocketing the money for her own personal use.

“Thank you to our investigators for uncovering this fraud,” White said in the release. “We have a zero-tolerance policy for fraud in this office, and we will continue doing the work to make sure that tax dollars are spent properly.”

Smith faces up to $5,000 in fines and 20 years if convicted. All persons arrested by the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.