Ex-Falmouth Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty In $1.3 Million Embezzlement Case

FALMOUTH, MA — The former bookkeeper of a Falmouth flooring company pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1.3 million from her employer, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts announced this week.

Susan Figuerido, 73, of Falmouth, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing for Jan. 15, 2025.

Between June 2015 and February 2023, Figuerido embezzled more than $1.3 million from her employer by writing checks to herself drawn on her employer’s bank account. To conceal her scheme, Figuerido did not record the checks that she wrote to herself in her employer’s accounting system, officials said.

Figuerido did not report or include the funds that she embezzled on her federal income tax filings either, resulting in a tax loss of approximately $353,000.

The charge of wire fraud provides a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss.

The charge of filing a false tax return provides for a sentence of up to three years in prison, one year of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss.