Massachusetts Woman Sentenced For Embezzling $350K To Finance Lifestyle

Margaret Connor, 56, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to one year in jail for embezzling about $350,000 from a local medical practice where she had been employed as office manager.  According to authorities, Connor wrote more than 150 checks from company accounts for her own benefit and subsequently made false bookkeeping entries in an attempt to conceal the misappropriations.  Connor reportedly used the stolen money to finance her lifestyle including to pay for personal travel, dining, clothing, furniture, jewelry and her mortgage and utility bills, among other things.  Connor has also been ordered to pay $350,000 in restitution and will serve 10 years probation following her jail time.  Connor, who was originally indicted in March 2011, pleaded guilty to charges of larceny over $250 by continuous scheme and false entries in corporate books.

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Hat tip: FraudTalk reader Joe.

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. 

New Hampshire Man & Cohorts Indicted For Allegedly Embezzling $1.9 Million From Massachusetts Company; Mob Ties Alleged

Charles Davis, 44, of Salem, New Hampshire, has been indicted on charges he was involved in a conspiracy to embezzle $1,864,353 from Randstad Professionals, a temporary employment agency based in Wakefield, Massachusetts. According to prosecutors, Davis, who was employed as an account manager for Randstad, laundered the stoley money through Charles Toomajian, 53, of Malden, Massachusetts and a local attorney. Toomajian, is also alleged to have embezzled $659,525, to pay off loan sharking and gambling debts to Joseph Giallanella, 62, of North Andover, Massachusetts and Michael Petrillo, 56, of Peabody, Massachusetts. Davis has been charged with conspiracy, larceny, and making false entries into corporate books. Toomajian, who has served as special assistant to Malden Mayor Richard C. Howard, has been charged with conspiracy, larceny, receiving stolen property and being an accessory after the fact of a felony. Giallanella has been charged with conspiracy and accessory after the fact of a felony. Petrillo is due to be arraigned on April 11. The scheme is reportedly part of larger schemes involving reputed Boston area mafiosa capo Mark Rosetti.

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Massachusetts Woman Found Guilty Of Embezzling $752K

Cynthia Goldberg, aka Cynthia Kussy, aka Cynthia McDonnell, 47, of Westborough, Massachusetts, was found guilty Friday in a bench trial of embezzling $752,245 from FSL Associates, an environmental engineering firm located in Brighton, where she had been employed as a bookkeeper. Goldberg was indicted on 20 felony counts including 10 counts of larceny, five counts of making false entries into corporate books, and five counts of misuse of a credit card. According to authorities, Goldberg's thefts spanned approximately 5 years from 2002 until she was fired in 2007. Goldberg obtained three credit cards in the company name and its CEO and made numerous fraudulent purchases of goods from such retail stores and other personal expenses, such as PETCO, Victoria's Secret, Banana Republic, Wolfer's Lighting, the Ritz Carlton hotel and several area tanning salons and limousine companies.

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Read the Suffolk County D.A.'s office announcement of her indictment here.

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.