A Sudbury woman faces fraud charges after a bookkeeper was charged by Greater Sudbury police with embezzling more than $51,000 from a local business.
Police allege the scheme involved falsifying records, forging company cheques and depositing the amounts into a personal bank account.
The business owner found cause to be suspicious and conducted his own review, which led to the discovery of mismanaged funds, say police. The fraud unit completed a criminal investigation and concluded funds had been embezzled. A 30-year-old woman is charged with one count of theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000, 23 counts of forgery and uttering 23 forged documents. She will make her first court appearance Oct. 9.
