BURKE COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – The Burke County Sheriff’s Office arrestedSusan Jennifer Perez Godbee Wimberly, an employee of CMS, a local manufacturing company based in Italy with operations in Burke County, and her husband, Michael Wimberly, in connection with a complex, years-long embezzlement scheme.
Lieutenant Heather Sims led the investigation, which uncovered that over a four-year span, Susan Wimberly embezzled more than $620,000 from the company.
Through an exhaustive process involving dozens of subpoenas, search warrants, and administrative requests, authorities say Lt. Sims uncovered a sophisticated financial scheme in which the stolen funds were used to fraudulently acquire vehicles, farming equipment, and even a local restaurant…