JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two women are charged in separate embezzlement cases, in which they’re accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from their employers.
Wanda Carter, 62 -- a 20-year employee of both W.W. Gay Fire and Integrated Systems, and Associated Engineering Consulting, who handled their payrolls -- is charged with moving more than $273,000 from the businesses’ bank accounts into her own bank account.
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When her scheme was discovered, she told her boss she was having financial problems and had to pay bills, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office report.
Brenda Bennett, 56, is accused of forging checks totaling $70,000 from Sawcross Inc. Contractors and Engineers, where she worked as an office clerk.