Massachusetts Woman Indicted For Embezzling $126K From Aids Charity

Valerie Tebbetts, 54, formerly of Dorchester, Massachusetts, has been indicted on charges alleging she embezzled more than $126,000 from The Living Center, a local HIV/AIDS charity group for which she had served as the executive director.  According to prosecutors, over a period of more than 2 years, from September 2008 to November 2010, Tebbetts issued numerous checks to pay for personal expenses, including her rent as well as made numerous cash withdrawals from the charity's accounts.  Tebbetts has been indicted on three counts of larceny by embezzlement over $250 and false entries in corporate books.

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Update (12/15/11): Tebbetts pleaded guilty to three counts of embezzlement and one charge of making false entries in corporate books and was sentenced to five years probation.  She was also ordered to pay restitution to the Boston Living Center and receiving counseling for her reported gambling addiction. 

Massachusetts Woman Charged With Embezzling More Than $100K From Church Coffers

Donna M. Rood, 47, of Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, has been indicted for allegedly skimming "well over" $100,000 from the collections coffers of the St. Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic church where she had been responsible for counting collections. Specifically, Rood has been charged with larceny by embezzlement over $250 and making false entries in corporate books. Prosecutors allege Rood simply kept some of the cash from the collections and deposited them into her own accounts. Rood held that position from 2003 until June 2009 but is believed to have stolen the funds between 2005 and 2009. The scheme was uncovered by a parish priest who had privately counted the collections and found discrepancies with Rood's count. Prosecutors believe Rood took mostly large bills for herself.

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Update (6/14/11): Rood pleaded guilty to charges of embezzlement over $250 and making false entries into corporate books. She was sentenced to 5 years probation and ordered to pay $90,000 in restitution.