Man accused of embezzling $579K from Ventura plumbing company
A 48-year-old Oxnard man accused of embezzling $579,000 from a Ventura plumbing company was arrested Feb. 4.
The Ventura Police Department, serving a search warrant, arrested the man and searched his home after a months-long investigation, according to Cmdr. Ryan Weeks.
Detectives started looking into the man’s work in October after a colleague at the plumbing business noticed suspicious credit card transactions, Weeks said. The Oxnard man was employed as an accounting manager by the company from August 2024 until September…