Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Former Texas Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $659K

Constance Bexley Iwanski, 56, of Portland, Texas pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud admitting she embezzled $659,000 from a local unnamed group of petroleum companies where she had been employed as a bookkeeper. According to authorities, Iwanski created more than 100 checks payable to herself with forged signatures over a six year period between December 2002 and December 2008. Iwanski began working for the petroleum concern 30 years ago in 1980. She faces up to 30 years in prison, plus fines and restitution upon sentencing, which is scheduled for February 23, 2011.

Read the story here and here.

Read the DOJ announcement here.

1 comment:

Nile said...

Oh, I've read this somewhere before. The bookkeeper must've thought he could outsmart people since he's wise on numbers.