David B. Fein, United States Attorney
for the District of Connecticut, announced that Roberta Davis, 46, of Norwalk,
was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in
New Haven to 71 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised
release, for stealing more than $400,000 for her employer.
According to court documents and
statements made in court, Davis was employed by Theatre Projects Consultants
(TPC) of Norwalk. Beginning in at least as early as January 2004, Davis used
TPC check stock to write checks made payable to herself in the total amount of
approximately $349,365.76. Davis also used the TPC computer system to make it
appear as though each check was made out to a vendor for a corresponding
invoice when, in reality, there was no such invoice, and the check was made out
to her. Davis then fraudulently signed the checks in the name of an authorized
TPC account signatory and deposited them into her bank account.
Davis also used TPC’s American Express
account to charge approximately $58,534.11 in personal expenditures on the
corporate cards of individuals working at TPC. Davis was not issued a TPC
American Express card of her own, but she was responsible for paying TPC’s
American Express bill. Through this scheme, Davis charged extensive personal
travel for herself and her family members, as well as gas, clothing, and other
personal expenditures, including jewelry.
Davis also used an account at an office
supply store to fraudulently obtain approximately $7,028.05 in personal items,
including computer equipment.
At the time she was hired by TPC in
August 2000, Davis did not disclose that she was a convicted felon and had been
released from federal prison in January 2000 after serving a sentence for
defrauding the Social Security Administration by faking her death and applying
for a new Social Security number in the name of another person. Davis was
terminated from TPC in October 2010.
As part of her sentence, Davis was
ordered to make restitution in the amount of $414,927.92.
Davis has been detained since her arrest
on September 8, 2011. On January 4, 2012, she pleaded guilty to one count of
wire fraud.
This matter was investigated by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney
Eric J. Glover.
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