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Martinez, California – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office reached a negotiated plea with Angela Fae Brown for offenses associated to identification theft, cash laundering, grand theft, tax evasion, and false impersonation out of Richmond.
Brown, a 53-year-old resident of Olivehurst, CA in Yuba County, was charged in April 2024 on a six-count felony criticism with a particular allegation of aggravated white-collar crime. Whereas working as an accountant, Brown embezzled over $900,000 from her employer, a paver firm in Richmond. The unlawful monetary scheme occurred between September 2017 and November 2022, whereby Brown used her accounting abilities to use monetary vulnerabilities within the firm to complement herself.
On June 14th, Ms. Brown accepted a negotiated disposition the place she pled responsible to an amended 12-count criticism. To meet the phrases of the plea, the courtroom will droop her 10-year jail time period for 3 years and place her on formal probation so she will search and preserve employment to pay restitution. Furthermore, property Brown gathered in the course of the interval she was embezzling and stealing from her employer shall be liquidated. The funds from the sale of these property shall be utilized to restitution funds. $907,087.00 will go to the sufferer, and $61,860.10 to the Franchise Tax Board of California. Any violations of the phrases of the plea settlement imply that Ms. Brown may very well be topic to the state jail system to serve the rest of her sentence.
District Lawyer Diana Becton mentioned, “When looking for justice for victims of white-collar crimes, it’s vital to search out efficient methods to make a sufferer’s monetary loss complete once more. This settlement holds the defendant accountable for the offenses and is structured for compensation of stolen funds.”
Case No. 02-24-00513 | The Folks of the State of California v. Brown, Angela Fae
Earlier Tales:
April 23 – Former Accountant Funnels $800k From Employer to Her Bank Account (Richmond)
