WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The former director of a southeast Kansas conservation district faces federal fraud charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Kansas says 29-year-old Danielle R. Passauer, of Neodesha, is charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud.

The former director of the Montgomery County Conservation District, is accused of authorizing about $27,000 in checks to be paid to her in excess of her salary.

She’s also accused of making about $23,000 in credit card transfers to pay for unauthorized expenditures. Passauer appeared in federal court Monday in Wichita. She faces up to 30 years in prison and up to $1 million in fines on each count.

J. Matthew Leavitt, a lawyer representing Passauer in the case, declined comment Monday.