A True Story Round-up for August 24, 2010:

Our first story comes from Tampa where a bookkeeper is accused of stealing more than $125,000.  She redirected insurance reimbursement checks to her personal banking account.

Story #2 is set in Ohio where a woman who worked as a bookkeeper in the Simpson Circuit Clerk’s Office is now battling a charge that she stole funds from the office.  Really?  I’m guessing the judge won’t be showing her any mercy.

A bookkeeper in Delaware stole $1.2M from her employer after giving back a 23 cent overage on her paycheck.  Owner says, “she was like the sister I never had.”

Story #4 takes place in California where a bookkeeper was arrested for stealing more than $100,000.  She made numerous unauthorized transfers from the company’s retirement funds to cover up the embezzlement and diverted money meant to pay employees’ health care premiums.

Our final story is from Pennsylvania where a former bookkeeper admitted to embezzling about $80,000 from a company by forging paychecks.  Police say that one of the workers she wrote checks for worked only one pay period, another worked less than 17 hours, and the third had been terminated for more than eight months.

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