CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — An Indiana woman pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to embezzling nearly $1.2 million from her Charlotte-based company.
According to the U.S Attorney’s Office, Christina Robinson, 52, was charged with wire fraud after being accused of engaging in a scheme to defraud her employer by abusing her position as the company’s controller. Robinson allegedly carried out the scheme by moving the embezzled funds and withdrawing them in cash. To conceal the theft and to remain undetected, Robinson made materially false and misleading accounting entries in the company’s books and records.
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Court documents show that Robinson, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, admitted Friday that she used some of the funds to pay for personal expenses, including more than $330,000 in purchases, over $324,000 in credit card payments, more than $80,000 in loan payments, over $40,000 in mortgage payments, and more than $35,000 in car payments.