Four Year Sentence For Forged Checks At Lincolnwood Company

LINCOLNWOOD, IL — A Des Plaines woman pleaded guilty Monday to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Lincolnwood long-term care company. She was sentenced to four years in prison, including two years of mandatory supervised release. She also paid back $50,000 in restitution, according to the Lincolnwood Review.

Shawna Wolf-Giesler, 42, was charged with stealing $562,000 from her then-employer, Econocare. The company negotiates prices for healthcare items, specializing in long term care, assisted living and retirement facilities, according to its website.

Wolff-Geisler worked in Econocare's accounting department from 2007 until she was fired in 2015. Her duties included handling accounts receivable and payable, as well as preparing checks, although she wasn't allowed to sign them.

The Lincolnwood Police Department and financial crimes investigators from the Cook County Sheriff's office opened an investigation last year after Econocare officials found suspicious checks from the corporate bank account written to her. That investigation found approximately 80 forged checks made out to her, prosecutors said.

Wolff-Geisler faced felony counts of theft and continuing financial crimes enterprise and a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.