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A former city of Richmond employee who allegedly billed the city $1,100 for a professional development conference she did not attend has been charged with wire fraud in federal court.

Staci Lanea Boone, said to have had several positions with the city from April 2006 until June 2015, was charged with the crime in a five-page criminal information field in U.S. District Court Wednesday.

The government alleges that Boone filed a request for reimbursement to attend a professional development conference in Portland, Ore., in 2014, when she actually flew to Seattle and did not attend a conference.

She was paid the $1,100 and completed a mobile deposit of the city's check while she was in Honolulu, Hawaii, the government alleged.