Monday, October 3, 2011

California Woman Sentenced For Embezzling Nearly $220K From Lobbying Firm

Linda Marie Wells, 50, of Sacramento, California, was sentenced to 2 years in prison after pleading no contest to grand theft charges related to her embezzlement of nearly $220,000 from Norwood and Associates, a local lobbying firm where she had been employed as an office manager.  According to prosecutors, Wells defrauded the company by inflating her salary, transferring funds to herself and paying for personal items with company credit acconts over a period of about 6 years, from 2004 through August 2010. 

Read the story here.

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