FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CRM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1994 (202) 616-2771 TDD (202) 514-1888 FORMER DIRECTOR OF WHITE HOUSE TRAVEL OFFICE INDICTED WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Justice announced that Billy R. Dale, the former Director of the White House Telegraph and Travel Office, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on charges that he embezzled and converted cash and checks that he obtained in his government position. The two-count indictment was returned in U.S. Court in Washington, D.C. Dale, 57, is a resident of Clinton, Maryland. The indictment charged that from February 1988 through April 1991, Dale embezzled and wrongfully converted checks that were sent to the Travel Office by the White House news media and refund checks sent to the Travel Office by telephone companies and other businesses. According to the indictment, Dale deposited checks worth more than $54,000 into his personal bank account in Maryland. The indictment also charged that from February 1992 through January 1993, Dale embezzled and wrongfully converted an additional $14,000 in cash from a checking account that the Travel Office maintained on behalf of the White House news media. If convicted, Dale faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and fines of up to $500,000. This case is being handled by Stuart M. Goldberg and Raymond N. Hulser, attorneys in the Department's Public Integrity Section. #### 94-685