Woman Embezzled $130K From Stratford Company: Feds

STRATFORD, CT — A former Connecticut resident has been charged with embezzling more than $130,000 from a Stratford company while she was working as an accounting manager for the business, according to authorities. A federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging Susanna Kurus, 43, of Garner, North Carolina, with six counts of wire fraud stemming from an embezzlement scheme, U.S. States Attorney for Connecticut John H. Durham announced on Thursday.

The indictment was returned on Nov. 15. Kurus appeared Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford, entered a plea of not guilty to the charges, and was released on a $200,000 bond.

Authorities said that Kurus formerly resided in Connecticut and was employed as the accounting manager for a company based in Stratford. The name of the company wasn’t immediately disclosed by authorities.

“Between approximately October 2014 and June 2017, Kurus used the company’s financial accounting software to transfer customer credits to at least six personal debit card accounts, and then used the money for her personal benefit,” according to a press release from the U.S. States Attorney’s Office. “Through this scheme, she stole in excess of $130,000.”

The charge of wire fraud carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years on each count, according to authorities.

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