HOUSTON, Texas – A 51-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to a wire fraud embezzlement scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. For approximately 26 years, Sonia Yvonne Rodriguez worked as an office manager for a local heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning company. As part of her plea, Rodriguez admitted to embezzling $938,387.26 in business funds allocated for federal tax payments from 2015 to 2020. Rodriguez would key payments into the company’s accounting software for tax payments and subsequently clear out the payments from the check register upon making the payments into her personal bank account.