Firm not after admitted embezzler ($4.1 million over 2 years)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130428/NEWS/704289882/1685#firm-not-after-admitted-embezzler

By Todd Cooper

She admitted she stole a staggering $4.1 million from an Omaha business over two years, according to court documents.

Yet Caroline K. Richardson is not charged with theft or any other crime.

The reason: The business she reportedly stole from — Omaha's Colombo Candy & Tobacco — isn't pursuing a prosecution, according to the Douglas County Attorney's Office.

Nor has Colombo filed suit against her. Instead, Colombo and its owner, Monte L. Brown, have made the bold move of filing two lawsuits that blame a casino and a previous employer for the woman's “massive embezzlement.”

FULL story at link.

[rocktivity]

1. "Uh, ma'am? Just more more thing...

"Either Colombo Candy & Tobacco are too embarrassed to admit they got ripped off, or they're doing a little massive embezzling of their own!"


rocktivity

[russspeakeasy]

2. They are definitely going after deeper pockets.

Did I read the article right; the guy(Herink) that embezzled $6.5 million got 18 months ? That's damn good pay.

[Politicalboi]

3. How do I get a job like that?

18 months for 6.5 million. Hell make it 2 years. LOL!

[petronius]

4. The casino part seems bogus, but if her former employer was Colombo's current

accountant it seems like there could be a case with or without a past connection between her and the accountant. Do accountants take on any liability for missing things like theft in the books? Is there a point where the theft is so obvious that an accountant is culpably negligent? So if the theft was so obvious that an accountant reasonably should have caught it, does that suit have merit?

[Wellstone ruled]

5. It's all about the Surity Bond covering their employees.

Every business carries such a bond just in case of these things accruing. Most people don't even know they are covered by their employer when handling cash or billings.