A former accountant with the University of Utah theater department allegedly stole more than $123,000 in cash and goods from her employer between 2006 and 2009, according to court documents.
Jara Jane Wimmer, 32, was charged in 3rd District Court on Friday with theft, money laundering and communications fraud. All three counts are second-degree felonies. She also faces one third-degree felony count of forgery, charging documents state.
Wimmer was issued in January 2006 a Diner's Club card and another purchasing card, which she allegedly used to make personal purchases until April 2009, charging documents state.
A University internal auditor discovered that Wimmer used the cards to make the purchases and then used a cut-and-paste technique to create false credit card statements, charging documents state. Wimmer then turned the statements into the university for reimbursement.
The auditor found a number of discrepancies that suggested Wimmer spent more than $51,400 on personal purchases, charging documents state.
Wimmer also illegally used the Diner's Club card of a theater department professor almost 230 times for personal purchases of nearly $36,000, charging documents state.
During the three years, Wimmer also allegedly deposited 51 checks totaling more than $42,500 into an account at the University of Utah Credit Union under her husband's name, charging documents state. Her husband apparently has no work history at the school and was not employed by the theater department.
Earlier this year, Wimmer allegedly forged a signature on a document, as well as a second person's name on a University issued check, requesting more than $24,000, charging documents state.
Source sltrib.com
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