Human resources administrator found guilty of tax evasion
A former payroll specialist and contract administrator from Rio Vista, California, was recently found guilty on five counts of tax evasion, according to The Reporter.
Beverly Harville was sentenced to 30 months in prison and must pay more than $1,000,000 in restitution.
According to the plea agreement, Harville worked at the unnamed company for more than two decades, and had unlimited access to its accounts, as well as those of a sister company and the personal bank accounts of the companies' owners. She abused her position by embezzling nearly $784,000 between 2004 and 2008 and covering her tracks using a variety of methods including fabricating records of false vendor payments and inaccurately reporting checks she used to make personal payments as void.
Additionally, Harville did not report her extra income to the Internal Revenue Service, which resulted in her being fined an extra $250,000.
Establishing a system of checks and balances by which two or more employees must sign off on expenditures can help identify embezzlement earlier and mitigate losses.
Beverly Harville was sentenced to 30 months in prison and must pay more than $1,000,000 in restitution.
According to the plea agreement, Harville worked at the unnamed company for more than two decades, and had unlimited access to its accounts, as well as those of a sister company and the personal bank accounts of the companies' owners. She abused her position by embezzling nearly $784,000 between 2004 and 2008 and covering her tracks using a variety of methods including fabricating records of false vendor payments and inaccurately reporting checks she used to make personal payments as void.
Additionally, Harville did not report her extra income to the Internal Revenue Service, which resulted in her being fined an extra $250,000.
Establishing a system of checks and balances by which two or more employees must sign off on expenditures can help identify embezzlement earlier and mitigate losses.
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