Former Court Clerk In Rhode Island Charged With Embezzling $389K

Rachel Arruda, 62, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, has been charged with embezzling some $389,000 from the Woonsocket Municipal Court, where she had served as a clerk until her retirement last year.  According to authorities, Arruda skimmed the monies over a six year period, from 2004 until her retirement in August 2010 through "numerous" unspecified fraudulent transactions.  She had been employed at the court for many years.

Read the story here, here and here.

Read the Rhode Island State Police Dept. announcement here.