Boys and Girls Club employee convicted of embezzlement
A former employee of the Boys and Girls Club in La Habra, California, was recently sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling more than $134,000, including about $25,000 in extra payroll to herself.
Lynette Rojas pleaded guilty to one felony count of grand theft by embezzlement, 24 felony counts of computer access and fraud, property damage and aggravated white collar crime. In addition to serving jail time, she was ordered to pay $165,000 in restitution and $270,000 in fines.
Rojas, who began working for the nonprofit organization in 2008, was responsible for payroll data and bank deposits. After a discrepancy in paperwork was noticed, an investigation revealed that she had altered cash deposit paperwork and forged the signatures of two club directors on receipt forms.
"She used a piece of paper to cover up parts of [payroll] pages, made some changes, made photocopies from that and provided it to the director," Marc Labreche, the deputy district attorney in charge of prosecuting the case, told the Los Angeles Times.
As a result of the theft, the Boys and Girls Club was forced to lay off several employees and cut some of its programs, according to the Orange County Register.
Lynette Rojas pleaded guilty to one felony count of grand theft by embezzlement, 24 felony counts of computer access and fraud, property damage and aggravated white collar crime. In addition to serving jail time, she was ordered to pay $165,000 in restitution and $270,000 in fines.
Rojas, who began working for the nonprofit organization in 2008, was responsible for payroll data and bank deposits. After a discrepancy in paperwork was noticed, an investigation revealed that she had altered cash deposit paperwork and forged the signatures of two club directors on receipt forms.
"She used a piece of paper to cover up parts of [payroll] pages, made some changes, made photocopies from that and provided it to the director," Marc Labreche, the deputy district attorney in charge of prosecuting the case, told the Los Angeles Times.
As a result of the theft, the Boys and Girls Club was forced to lay off several employees and cut some of its programs, according to the Orange County Register.
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