(FOX40.COM) — A federal grand jury returned a 17-count indictment today against Kami Elois Power, 54, of Gardnerville, Nevada, charging her with wire fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft, according to the United States Department of Justice.
According to court documents, from November 2019 to May 2023, Power worked as an office assistant at a family-owned construction company in South Lake Tahoe. During her employment, Power embezzled more than 1.4 million dollars from the company.
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The DOJ said she disguised more than $700,000 of these fraudulent transfers as payments made to vendors that the company worked with under fake profiles she created in the names of real companies, as well as fake companies that resembled her initials, such as “KEP Inc. Sale” and KPI.”
Power reportedly disguised additional fraudulent transfers as payments for payroll or reimbursements. She also used the company’s credit card to make unauthorized personal purchases and paid down the balance of her credit cards with the company’s money, according to the DOJ. Power used the stolen money to purchase property, luxury cars, ATVs, and a horse…