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Anaheim bookkeeper gets one year in jail for embezzling over $1.3M from two law firms

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Case # 14HF0868

Date: February 6, 2018

BOOKKEEPER SENTENCED TO COURT OFFER OF ONE YEAR IN JAIL AND FIVE YEARS OF FORMAL PROBATION FOR EMBEZZLING OVER $1.3 MILLION FROM TWO LAW FIRMS

*People objected to court offer at the sentencing

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A bookkeeper was sentenced to a court offer of one year in jail and five years of formal probation yesterday of embezzling over $1.3 million from two law firms and issuing unauthorized checks for her own benefit. The People objected to the court offer at the sentencing.

Defendant: Shawna Renee Barretto, 43, Anaheim

Pleaded guilty on June 20, 2017, to the following felony counts: Continue reading→

The son former Anaheim Mayor Fred Hunter charged with embezzling from his clients

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE

Case # 16CF2770

Date: October 31, 2016

OCDA SEEKS PUBLIC’S HELP IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL VICTIMS OF ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH USING $150,000 IN CLIENT SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO PAY PERSONAL DEBTS

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) is seeking the public’s help identifying potential additional victims of an attorney charged with using $150,000 in client settlement funds to pay other clients and pay personal debts. Fred Raymond Hunter Jr., 50, Riverside, is charged with three felony counts of embezzlement by a fiduciary of trust with sentencing enhancement allegations for theft exceeding $100,000 loss and aggravated white collar crime over $100,000. If convicted, Hunter faces a maximum sentence of five years and four months in state prison. The defendant is out of custody after posting $100,000 bond at his arraignment today. He is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Dec. 2, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-55, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.

Hunter is a licensed attorney who is accused of misappropriating approximately $150,000 in funds from at least three clients. (His father, Fred Hunter, is a former Mayor of Anaheim). Continue reading→

Anaheim man convicted of embezzling from the Parks and Rec agency in Buena Park

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Peter Juarez and Gabriel Garcia

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 13NF2644

Date: April 24, 2015

TWO FORMER PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGERS CONVICTED OF PUBLIC CORRUPTION FOR EMBEZZLING OVER $1.3 MILLION FROM CITY OF BUENA PARK

SANTA ANA – Two former parks and recreation (PAR) managers for the City of Buena Park were convicted and sentenced today for public corruption and embezzling over $1.3 million from the City. Former PAR maintenance manager Rudolph Peter Juarez, 58, Anaheim, pleaded guilty today to 233 felony counts of misappropriation of public funds and four felony counts of filing a false tax return and sentencing enhancements and allegations for causing over $100,000 loss, aggravated white collar crime over $500,000, and property loss over $1.3 million.

Former PAR supervisor Gabriel A. Garcia, 42, Chino Hills, pleaded guilty today to 186 felony counts of misappropriation of public funds and four felony counts of willful failure to file or making a fraudulent tax return and sentencing enhancements and allegations for causing over $100,000 loss, aggravated white collar crime over $500,000, and property loss over $1.3 million. Continue reading→

Anaheim Police Association’s Office Manager convicted of embezzling $360K

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Cindy Ann Su’a

Orange County District Attorney Press Release

For Immediate Release, Case # 12NF3312: August 26, 2013

POLICE ASSOCIATION OFFICER MANAGER CONVICTED OF EMBEZZLING OVER $360,000 USING ALTERED PAY CHECKS

*Defendant’s husband was convicted and sentenced today in this case

FULLERTON – An office manager for the Anaheim Police Association (APA) was convicted today of embezzling over $360,000 from her employer by changing the amount on her paycheck after it had been signed by her bosses. Cindy Ann Su’a, 47, Whittier, pleaded guilty to a court offer to 117 felony counts of forgery, 23 felony counts of computer access fraud, and two felony counts of willful failure to file tax returns with sentencing enhancements for over $100,000 loss, aggravated white collar crime over $100,000, and property loss over $200,000. She is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 11, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. in Department N-3, North Justice Center, Fullerton. Continue reading→