After Mary Merten was caught embezzling more than $800,000 from the Kingston law firm where she worked as a bookkeeper, she pulled a move that showed more guts.
Facing a stack of grand larceny and identity-theft charges, Merten wrote this in a letter to the lawyers she stole from:
“I do not want to put you on the spot but I would ask that you consider keeping me employed,” Merten wrote. “Not because of the money, but because I truly enjoy my job and want to continue to work for the both of you to make up for my imperfections.”
