A New Jersey accountant has been charged with multiple crimes over allegations that he spent years stealing more than $1 million from a local business.
Michael Delia, 61, of West Orange, is charged with money laundering, failure to turn over collected tax and two counts of theft by unlawful taking, the state Attorney General’s Office said in a statement on Wednesday. All of the charges are considered second-degree crimes.
State investigators allege that Delia used his job as an accountant and bookkeeper for a local business owner to steal $1.64 million from the man’s two companies. The accountant diverted funds from the company accounts to his own personal and corporate bank accounts from 2016 to 2023, authorities allege…