A former Union County Clerk's Office employee, Whitney Goins, has been indicted on charges involving fraudulent use of a credit card and official misconduct, as revealed in an investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. According to WVLT, the TBI began investigating last month following alleged misconduct that came to light, and during this time, agents discovered the fraudulent activities linked to Goins.

Goins, 38, was found to have used a credit card she was not authorized to; this was a card obtained from someone else while she was working at the clerk's office which led to her termination WBIR reported, the allegations initially brought forward in August culminated in Goins' arrest and subsequent booking into the Union County Jail on a $2,500 bond on Monday.

As WATE noted in their coverage, the detailed investigation by TBI agents leaned towards the conclusion that Goins had indeed taken advantage of a credit card illegally – a card she accessed during her time at the Union County Clerk's Office. The indictment and charges were the following steps in this unfolding legal matter.

The former clerk's office employee faces a grand jury indictment with one count of official misconduct and another for fraudulent use of a credit card, with consequences that stem beyond legal repercussions, she faces the dismantling reputation amidst the community she once served, Goins was booked into jail on Monday with her bond set, once again as $2,500, emphasizing the current stance of the law on the gravity of her alleged actions.