Ex-Controller Sent to Prison For Embezzling Nearly $300K

Richardson began embezzling funds in 2002 by writing and cashing payroll checks made out to herself. She covered her tracks by deleting the checks from Watermark’s accounting system. She also stonewalled the IRS when it requested the company’s payroll taxes and related information.

According to Richardson’s lawyer, Daniel McCarthy, she used the money to purchase household items that she couldn’t afford otherwise.