Sunday, January 19, 2014

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty In $3.6 Million Embezzlement

From the Washington Post on 1/17/14:

A woman who prosecutors say financed a lavish lifestyle by embezzling $3.6 million from her employer has pleaded guilty to a federal mail fraud charge.

Fifty-one-year-old Pamela J. Beard of Bowie, Md., entered the plea Friday in federal court in Washington. As part of a plea deal, she faces a maximum of 51 months and prison and must pay $3.6 million in criminal forfeiture and restitution at sentencing May 8.
   
According to government evidence, Beard was office manager at the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery in Washington. Prosecutors say Beard generated corporate checks and deposited them to accounts she controlled.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow! I used to work there and I knew that she was stealing. She was a liar too but the doctors believed everything she said. They lost good people because of her and the naive doctors. Everyone got what the deserved.