CT Corporate Embezzlement Scheme Was Less Than Concrete As Dispatcher Now Faces Major Charges: Warrant

MANCHESTER/WILLIMANTIC,CT — An eastern Connecticut man is facing major financial-related charges as part of a personal embezzlement scheme while employed at an area concrete supply company, an arrest warrant shows.

On Oct. 13, state police out of the Troop C barracks arrested 62-year-old Lisbon resident John Farrar on a warrant that charged him with first-degree larceny, first-degree computer crime and money laundering. He posted a quarter-million-dollar bond and is due in court in Oct. 27, records show.

According to a warrant, Farrar worked as a dispatcher for a concrete supply company that operated area plants in Manchester and Willimantic. The company had a computerized billing and record-keeping system, but also accepted cash on delivery orders paid for with cash, check and credit cards, according to the warrant.

Farrar is accused of systematically collecting cash tickets from some drivers, then voiding the orders and pocketing the money, according to a warrant.

Drivers typically dropped off cash payments at the plant, according to a warrant. Farrar was observed on surveillance cameras taking the tickets, but inventory reviews showed no trace of the income, according to a warrant.

The company was tipped off the something fishy when a customer filed a complaint in September 2025 over property damage during a delivery, but no delivery ticket could be located for that particular COD job, according to a warrant.

Farrar said that he was "not going to find that signature and we should just fix the system," according to a warrant.

A company sales employee located the original COD order related to the property damage complaint, then met with the homeowner, who provided copies of the COD delivery ticket, which were marked "paid," according to a warrant. A review of Willimantic Plant security camera footage showed that the driver had returned from the Marlborough delivery to the Willimantic Plant and handed the COD delivery ticket and the cash to Farrar, according to a warrant.

A surveillance video review showed Farrar collecting a half-dozen COD tickets that were subsequently voided with disappearing cash.

A deeper dive showed that was the case with more that 200 tickets from one plant alone, according to a warrant.

In all, Farrar is accused of pocketing $360,424.12, according to a warrant. Gambling and other personal uses were cited in a warrant.

Most of the transgressions took place during 2025, according to a warrant.