Seventh-Inning Stretch · Off the Bench
The Payroll Manager
United States v. O'Connor (2012)
Charge: Wire fraud - big-league club's payroll manager accused of diverting club and employee money into her own accountsCourt: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaDocket: Off the Bench
Did a club's payroll manager commit fraud when club and employee money flowed into her own accounts through withholding cuts and fake paychecks?
The facts
A San Francisco big-league club employed a payroll manager who handled its salary system. Between June 2010 and June 2011, roughly $2.2 million went missing. Investigators said money was moved into her personal bank accounts by improperly reducing employees' tax withholdings and keeping the difference, by diverting funds meant for staff salaries and expenses, and by creating paychecks for fictitious people. She was arrested in July 2011 and federal prosecutors charged her with wire fraud.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: United States v. O'Connor, U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal.; guilty plea Nov. 14, 2011; sentenced Mar. 26, 2012 (no reported opinion)
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