John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that CANDACE RISPOLI, 31, of Stamford, pleaded guilty
today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of
wire fraud stemming from an embezzlement scheme.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
from approximately January 2012 until June 2016, RISPOLI was employed by
Lodestone Management Consultants, later known as Infosys Consulting (the
“Company”). Beginning in approximately
2013, RISPOLI worked for the Company from her former home in East Haven, which
she shared with her then-boyfriend, Michael Miano. In her capacity as a Company employee,
RISPOLI had an American Express credit card to use to pay for travel,
entertainment and other business expenses incurred by the Company’s employees
and potential employees.
From approximately 2013 until July 2016, RISPOLI wrongfully
charged more than $250,000 of her own and Miano’s personal expenses to the
Company’s American Express card. RISPOLI
also wrongfully transferred more than $800,000 in funds from the Company’s
American Express card to PayPal and Venmo accounts controlled by RISPOLI and
Miano. To conceal her scheme, RISPOLI
altered the Company’s American Express account statements and created false
billing summaries, which she emailed to the Company’s accounting firm.
In pleading guilty, RISPOLI has agreed to pay $1,098,176 in
restitution.
Wire fraud carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20
years. A sentencing date is not
scheduled.
RISPOLI is released on a $100,000 bond pending sentencing.
On September 1, 2017, Miano, 31, of Branford, guilty to one
count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to this scheme. He awaits sentencing.
This investigation has been conducted by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation. The case is being
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Heather Cherry and Jonathan Francis.
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