Meriden Woman Pleads Guilty To $400K Embezzlement Scheme: Feds

MERIDEN, CT — A Meriden woman has pleaded guilty to charges that she embezzled more than $400,000, according to a statement from prosecutors. Crystal Klatt, 36, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud stemming from an embezzlement scheme.

According to prosecutors, Klatt was employed as an office manager by a property management company in Hamden. Clients of the property management company would allow the company access to their bank accounts in order to allow the management company to make payments on behalf of the respective client.

Klatt had access to the client’s bank accounts as part of her job responsibilities. Between approximately December 2014 and January2021, Klatt diverted a total of $446,859.82 from the bank accounts of at least 14 clients to pay her personal credit card charges, according to prosecutors.

She will be sentenced March 8 and faces a maximum prison term of 20 years. Klatt is released on a $50,000 bond pending sentencing.