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Topic: Charge: Bookkeeper fleeced Apollo astronaut
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-07-2017 01:05 PM
Federal prosecutors in Seattle claim Sarah Coffelt embezzled $755,400 from Bill and Valerie Anders, owners of the Heritage Flight Museum, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Coffelt has been charged by information with wire fraud.Bill Anders, an Apollo 8 astronaut, settled in Anacortes after a career with NASA and in private industry that included a stint as CEO of General Dynamics. The Anders, whose businesses include Apogee Flight Inc., present a collection of warbirds through the museum.Coffelt worked as a bookkeeper for the Anders for more than a decade. Prosecutors claims she began stealing from them sometime after she was hired in 2003 and continued the thefts until they were discovered in 2015. Coffelt, who owned Moon Glow Arts and Crafts in Eastsound, is alleged to have stolen from Apogee accounts while also running up charges on company credit cards. ...According to charging papers, Coffelt charged more than 1,500 personal Amazon orders to the Anders. Prosecutors say she went so far as to take out a credit card in Bill Anders’ name, and regularly transferred large sums of money out of accounts belonging to the Anders into her own. |
Buel Member Posts: 649 From: UK Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 04-07-2017 03:00 PM
Just what is wrong with some people? |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-11-2017 06:06 PM
Sarah Coffelt pleaded guilty in a plea agreement on Monday (April 10) before U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly, who set sentencing for July 13. Coffelt faces up to 20 years in federal prison. According to a plea agreement, Coffelt has agreed to pay $755,000 in restitution. In a plea agreement, Coffelt admitted she used money from her employers' accounts to pay the expenses of her business, as well as other expenses, such as trips for her family, her mortgage, her taxes and more than $30,000 in fuel charges. |
Jonnyed Member Posts: 396 From: Dumfries, VA, USA Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 04-11-2017 08:13 PM
Greed is a terrible malignancy that destroyed this woman. Sad. |
Glint Member Posts: 1040 From: New Windsor, Maryland USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 04-24-2017 10:04 AM
Sarah Coffelt is not the victim in this situation. |
Jonnyed Member Posts: 396 From: Dumfries, VA, USA Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 05-05-2017 08:45 PM
I don't understand your comment. Where in the thread did you see anyone asserting that Sarah C. was the victim?If you're reacting to my comment, you've missed the essence: her all-consuming greed has landed her in prison for 20 years and with a fine over 3/4 of a million dollars. | |
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