A Gilbert woman has been sentenced to six years in prison and four years of supervised probation for stealing more than $700,000 from a Mesa business, while managing its finances.
Deborah Lynn Ward, 47, pleaded guilty on April 29 to theft and forgery and was sentenced Thursday.
According to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Ward managed the finances for Superstition Crushing, a family-owned company, and wrote many checks to herself over a year’s time. Officials said she covered up the thefts by moving money from the tax-withholding bank accounts to the company operating account. This left the company vulnerable to IRS penalties for failure to pay withholding taxes.
ahhh..justice…but how about paying it back?
no kidding! that’s 125k per year… not too shabby for sitting around and playing cards with other criminals all day.