Year In Review : 2011 - Year of the Felony

Maureen Beers took a plea deal and agreed to repay $40,000 to
Roemer Printing after being charged with two counts of misdemeanor theft. Beers, the former office manager and bookkeeper of the Middleton, WI-based firm, was accused of giving herself unauthorized pay raises of about $123,000.

The experience cost the printer one of its facilities, which was closed, and $176,000 counting the overpayment, cost of an audit and resulting IRS fines stemming from unpaid payroll taxes.