Employee accused of stealing more than $700,000 from family-owned Clermont County business
Updated: 4:48 PM EDT Apr 29, 2021
A woman from Sardinia, Ohio, is accused of stealing more than $700,000 from the family-owned business that she was an employee of.According to a press release from the United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Ohio, Tina Coday-Townes, 48, was arrested Thursday. Court documents reveal Coday-Townes was the office manager for Custom Built Crates in Clermont County, where she was responsible for accounts payable and bookkeeping.From 2013 until 2019, Coday-Townes allegedly wrote checks using an employers’ signature stamp from the business's operating accounts to pay off her personal credit cards, the release stated. She would then make false entries into the database stating that the checks were going to vendors.Coday-Townes is also accused of claiming overtime hours for herself even though she was a salaried employee, excluding her from access to overtime hours.Coday-Townes has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft. If convicted, Wire fraud can be punishable by up to 20 years in prison and identity theft has a mandatory sentence of two years in prison.
A woman from Sardinia, Ohio, is accused of stealing more than $700,000 from the family-owned business that she was an employee of.
According to a press release from the United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Ohio, Tina Coday-Townes, 48, was arrested Thursday. Court documents reveal Coday-Townes was the office manager for Custom Built Crates in Clermont County, where she was responsible for accounts payable and bookkeeping.
From 2013 until 2019, Coday-Townes allegedly wrote checks using an employers’ signature stamp from the business's operating accounts to pay off her personal credit cards, the release stated. She would then make false entries into the database stating that the checks were going to vendors.
Coday-Townes is also accused of claiming overtime hours for herself even though she was a salaried employee, excluding her from access to overtime hours.
Coday-Townes has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft. If convicted, Wire fraud can be punishable by up to 20 years in prison and identity theft has a mandatory sentence of two years in prison.
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