WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A federal grand jury in Wichita has returned an indictment against a Kansas woman accused of embezzling from her employer.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday that Shania Shanahan, 39, of Colby was indicted on 73 felony charges:
- 43 counts of bank fraud
- 25 counts of money laundering
- Five counts of aggravated identity theft
She is accused of embezzling $750,000 from her employer over eight years. Prosecutors allege that she forged 233 checks for about $753,575 from the agricultural cooperative where she worked as a controller and supervised the accounting department.
Shanahan is accused of depositing the money into her personal account, using co-workers’ signatures without their knowledge or consent, and falsifying records to make the payments appear legitimate…