Tuesday, October 27, 2009

California Bookkeeper & Husband Charged In $1.3 Million Embezzlement Scheme

Desiree Hererra, 36, and her husband, Ruben Hererra, 37, have been charged with 14 counts of grand theft, money laundering and filing a false income tax return in connection with the alleged embezzlement of some $1.3 million from County Building Materials, dba Payless Hardware and Rockery where Desiree had been employed as an accounts receivable clerk. According to the criminal complaint, Desiree embezzled the funds between 2002 and 2009 and then she and her husband, Ruben, laundered the funds through their own bank accounts.

Read the story here and here.

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