Former Bookkeeper at Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling over $600,000

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59 year old Glen Head Resident was sentenced to three to six years in prison for grand larceny.

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Anna Maria Restrepo, a resident of Glen Head, 59, has been sentenced to three to six years in prison for grand larceny charges on April 27.

 

The former bookkeeper at the Seawanhaka Corinthian yacht club in Glen Head, Long Island, pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $600,000 from the club's accounts over several years.

 

The theft was discovered after an audit revealed discrepancies in the club's finances.

 

Restrepo used two employee credit cards and PayPal to commit much of the theft, transferring fraudulent charges to her personal PayPal account and making over 460 unauthorized fund transfers to her account from January 2013 to February 2017.

 

Restrepo pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny, was issued two civil judgment orders as part of her sentence: One for $608,886 on behalf of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club and the other for $14,449 on behalf of American Express.