Sunday, May 2, 2010

Virginia Man Charged With Embezzling More Than $200K

James N. Kenney, 42, of Rapidan, Virginia, was charged Thursday with two counts of conspiracy to commit embezzlement, two counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering and 16 counts of embezzlement in connection with an alleged embezzlement scheme that bilked an unnamed local business out of more than $200,000. Authorities allege that Kenney conspired with an unidentified co-conspirator to steal the funds from the Culpeper, Virginia-based construction company over a six year period.

Read the story here and here.

Update (5/8/10): The victim company in question has been identified in court documents as Jolly Construction Company. His co-conspirator has been identified as Rebecca L. Stephens, 42, of Rapidan, Virginia (pictured here), who has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit embezzlement and two counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering, two felony counts of money laundering and 19 counts of embezzlement.

Update (7/28/10): Rebecca Stephens, now 43, pleaded guilty to charges she embezzled nearly $269,000 from Jolly Construction where she was employed in a bookkeeping capacity.

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