Midland woman pleads guilty to stealing more than $1.5 million from employer
A Midland woman pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to stealing more than $1.5 million from her employer.
The United States Attorney’s Office reported that 47-year-old bookkeeper Mary Elisa “Lisa” Salazar pleaded guilty to stealing from her employer, an oil-well leasing company in Midland. Joining in the announcement were U.S. Attorney Richard
L. Durbin, Jr.; Troy Caldron, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation acting special agent in charge; and Emmerson Buie, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent in charge, El Paso Division.
The charges were wire fraud and making and filing a false income tax return, according to the report.
By pleading guilty, Salazar admitted that from 2011 to 2016, she embezzled funds from the business by writing unauthorized company checks to herself. She further admitted to concealing her actions by either falsifying bank reconciliation statements or omitting the checks in the internal accounting system, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The estimated loss to the company because of her illegal scheme is $1,588,518.
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