A True Story Round-up for July 27, 2010:

Our 1st story comes from New Jersey where a woman was sentenced to four years in prison for embezzling $425,000 from a Paterson attorney for whom she worked as a bookkeeper.  Oddly, she actually put some of the money into a savings account!

To Washington for story #2 where a bookkeeper is accused of stealing more than $60,000 from the American Legion and another $15,000 from a small business over the last couple of years.  The report states that the owner would sign blank checks for the bookkeeper… oh boy.

Story #3 is set in the Chicago area where a woman wrote herself checks to pay medical and other personal bills bilking her condo group out of $80,000.

Our 4th story wins the creative excuse award.  A Florida woman was accused of stealing more than $250,000 from the company she worked for and then claiming she was acting as a sort of modern-day Robin Hood.

Our last story takes place in Illinois where a bookkeeper stole money by not paying bills, moving funds through different accounts and changing the amounts customers would have to pay, according to a sworn statement by a police officer.  Some of the thefts were concealed by manipulating customer discounts.

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