Bookkeeper embezzles $1M from NC tree nursery, buys home theater and truck, feds say
HAYLEY FOWLER, 04 June 2021
A longtime bookkeeper and office manager at a family-owned tree nursery in North Carolina has pleaded guilty to stealing upwards of $1 million from his employer over six years, according to the federal government.
The money went toward outfitting a home theater, buying a new truck and paying off his mortgage, prosecutors said.
Richard Allen Clark, 55, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, money laundering and making a false statement on his tax return, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina said Thursday in a news release. Clark is from Lenoir, about 86 miles northwest of Charlotte in the foothills. Continue reading “Article: Bookkeeper embezzles $1M from NC tree nursery, buys home theater and truck, feds say”
