Easton Woman Admits Stealing Over $250,000 From Employer

An Easton woman pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to wire fraud cgarges stemming from her theft of over $250,000 from her employer, according to Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Dawn Mininberg, 47, of Easton, worked for a Greenwich company, according to a press release, and was issued an American Express corporate credit card for business purposes. Mininberg admitted that she charged more than $250,000 in personal expenses to her corporate credit card. The charges were for clothing, theater tickets, children’s parties and lessons, charitable donations, vacations and the purchase of an $11,000 jungle gym, according to the release.

Mininberg hid the expenses by categorizing them as office supplies, meals, meetings and lodging.

Sentencing is scheduled for April 8, 2016. If convicted, she could faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.

Case investigators include the Connecticut Financial Crimes Task Force, the United States Secret Service and the Greenwich Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ray Miller.