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Agency Tracking No. 2024-148 <br /> Page 4 of 8 <br /> Ms, Barin completed eleven 11 Withdrawal Forms on Ms. D'aplantis}s behalf, thus requesting <br /> BTEF to pair her daughter for services on BTNEP projects. Ids. Rabin also emailed or hand- <br /> delivered the Withdrawal Forms to BTEF for review and approval. <br /> 13, <br /> In May 2023, T. Bradley Leith, then-director of BTNEP, attempted to dire Ms. Duplantis <br /> to perform administrative duties directly for BTNEP. However, IUM ON rejected that hiring <br /> because of potential nepotism concerns and because Ms. Duplantis did not meet the eligibility <br /> requirements, <br /> 14a <br /> Effective May 15, 2023, Mr. Keith arranged for Ms.Duplantis to be l-ired purportedly as a <br /> BTEF contract worker paid with BTEF funds designated for the BTNEP Native Plan Nursery <br /> Farm. Llo ever, Ms. Duplantis did not perforin work at the nursery farm; she worked in the <br /> BTNEP office performing various administrative duties under the supervision of her mother, <br /> 1 . <br /> While Ms. Babin's name does not appear as the BTNEP employee on the Withdrawal <br /> Forms for the purported work at the nursery farm, Ms. Rabin was the BTNEP NEP emplo ee who <br /> actually prepared many of these Withdrawal Forms for Ms. Duplantis to be paid by BTEF. <br /> 160 <br /> From June 22,2022,through June 4,2024, BTEF paid Ms. Duplantis a total of$14,546.00, <br /> i <br /> i <br /> of which$5,400.00 was for beach cleanup work and$9,146.00 was for the purpoi ted nurserwork. <br />