Thursday, November 20, 2008

Texas Mother & Son Arrested In $400,000 Embezzlement Case

Ellen Prude, 57, of Palmer, Texas and her son, Christopher Clark, 32, of Red Oak, Texas, were arrested last week and charged with embezzling some $428,000 from Ennis Paint Company, where they were both employed. Prude was employed as a payroll clerk and Clark worked in the warehouse. An audit recently revealed the scheme, in which Prude diverted more than $400,000 in company funds to personal accounts for Clark and herself, according to investigators.

Read the story here and here.

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