EUGENE, OR—Rhonda Milligan, 41, of
Lebanon, Oregon, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before Chief U.S.
District Judge Ann Aiken on May 17, 2012. In court, Milligan admitted to embezzling
more than $848,000 from her former employer, Entek Manufacturing, Inc., a
company in Lebanon, Oregon, and the company’s president.
According to court documents, Milligan,
as the secretary to Entek’s president, had access to company accounts and
accounts belonging to the president and embezzled more than $540,000 through an
online electronic payment system, using the money to pay her personal credit
card expenses. Additionally, as described in court records, Milligan diverted
another $293,000 by forging the name of Entek’s president on checks and stole
an additional $13,700 from a petty cash account.
Sentencing is set for September 12, 2012
at 9 a.m. before Judge Aiken. The maximum penalty for mail fraud is 20 years in
prison and a $250,000 fine.
This case was investigated by the FBI
and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford.
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