A True Story Round-up for August 10, 2010:

Story #1 comes from Florida where a bookkeeper stole over $22,000 by issuing herself unauthorized payroll checks over the last three years.  She was responsible for creating all the paychecks using desktop bookkeeping software.

Off to Connecticut for story #2 where a man was sentenced for embezzling nearly $150,000 from a Stamford company.  He falsified data in the firm’s financial reports and transmitted the falsified reports to the firm’s outside accountant.

Story #3 is set in Illinois where an employee for was arrested for allegedly stealing nearly $80,000 from a veterinary clinic over the course of two years.  The owner became aware of the missing funds when his bank informed him of several discrepancies with the clinic’s bank account.

In Florida, a woman was arrested for allegedly stealing nearly $176,000 from her employer.  She used her position to write dozens of unauthorized checks to herself.  She was paid for her employment by a separate payroll company, indicating there would be no reason for any checks from the firm to be written out to her name.

Our last story for the round-up relates to fraud related survey.  The survey which asked workers if they would steal from their employers found that 30 percent said ‘yes’ and 30 percent responded ‘maybe.  Make sure to read the one about the parking lot attendant who stole for 20 years.

If you have stories to share, send them to truestories@auditmybooks.com.  If we publish them, we’ll give you full credit and a link back to your site.

-CP Morey