Former Controller At South Carolina Clothing Company Pleads Guity In $600K Embezzlement Scheme

Amelia Ackerman, 55, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to a single felony wire fraud charge admitting she embezzled some $600,000 from Berle, Inc., a Charleston-based clothing manufacturer, where she had been employed as Controller. According to prosecutors, Ackerman diverted company payroll tax funds to her own accounts over at least a two year period, from 2006 through 2008. She was originally arrested in February 2009 and, unable to make the $150,000 bail, has been incarcerated at the Charleston County Detention Center since that time. Ackerman faces up to 20 years in prison, plus fines and restitution.

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