Windsor Woman Pleads in $250,000 Embezzlement Case

SPRINGFIELD, MA — A Windsor woman entered a guilty plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with a theft of more than $250,000 from her employer, prosecutors said.

Angela M. Craig, 55, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and is set to be sentenced on June 22, by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni, prosecutors said.

According to a news release, From July 2012 through May 2014, Craig stole more than $250,000 from her Massachusetts employer by writing company checks to herself, forging her employer’s signature and then cashing or depositing the checks.

Craig concealed her theft by entering false invoices in her employer’s accounting system and by failing to pay company bills and taxes, prosecutors said.

The charge of wire fraud carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a maximum or three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000, prosecutors said.

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