Upstate New York Woman Charged With Embezzling $100K From Employer

Elizabeth Temple, 29, of Farmington, New York was charged today with multiple state felony counts alleging she embezzled at least $100,000 from her employer, Wesley Corporation of Macedon, New York. Specifically, Temple was charged with grand larceny, money laundering, forgery, possession of a forged instrument, falsifying business records and computer tampering. She was hired as a bookkeeper by Wesley in 2004 and shortly thereafter began stealing from the company, according to prosecutors. Temple allegedly wrote electronic checks to herself, requested wire transfers to her accounts, and placed herself on another company's payroll. Temple has reportedly confessed to the thefts and told investigators that she used the funds to make a down payment on a home she purchased as well as to buy a new car.