DETROIT – A small business’s former financial controller, who engaged in a five-year pattern of embezzling funds from her employer, pleaded guilty today, announced United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr.Gorgon was joined in the announcement by Jared Murphey, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations – Detroit.Deborah Beaudoin, age 56, from Canton, Michigan, was convicted of wire fraud for orchestrating a scheme that caused over $598,000 in losses to the business where she worked. At the hearing, Beaudoin admitted to devising and executing a scheme to order and obtain unauthorized company debit cards linked to the company’s bank account. Beaudoin made repeated false and fraudulent entries on company ledgers to make the withdrawal of money using these cards appear legitimate. Once Beaudoin obtained the cards, she withdrew the money at local ATMs and deposited a portion of those funds into her personal bank accounts. Over the five-year scheme, Beaudoin obtained at least $598,000 in fraudulent funds. Sentencing before United States District Judge Judith Levy will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Beaudoin faces a possible maximum sentence of not more than 20 years’ imprisonment without the possibility of parole, a fine of not more than $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment. The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jason Dorval Norwood.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice