$340K Embezzlement From Employer Lands Westchester Woman In Prison

NORTH CASTLE, NY — A Westchester woman's more than two-year embezzlement scheme will end behind bars.

Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced today that the Mohegan Lake woman was sentenced to a term of two to six years in prison for stealing more than $340,000 from the North Castle-based paint supplier, CR Wallauer & Company, where she was employed as the controller.

"This defendant exploited her role overseeing finances for a business that entrusted her with this important responsibility," Rocah said. "This case outcome underscores our commitment to prosecuting financial crimes across the county, as well as our continued work to secure restitution on behalf of individuals and businesses."

Following her guilty plea in April, ToniAnn Rosado was sentenced on Sept. 27, in Westchester County Court to two to six years in state prison for grand larceny and one and one-third to four years for falsifying business records, both felonies. The sentences will run concurrently.

The 54-year-old is also ordered to pay $170,000 in restitution to the company, where she was employed from 2017 to 2019 to oversee their accounting and finances.

In her role as controller, Rosado stole $341,707.54 of company funds between July 7, 2017 and Aug, 9, 2019, and falsified business records to conceal the stolen funds between Jan. 2 and March 29, 2019.

After CR Wallauer owners discovered the fraud, Rosado was fired in August 2019.

Following an investigation by the DA’s Office Economic Crimes Bureau, Rosado was arrested in June 2022 in Orlando, Florida by the U.S. Marshalls with assistance from the Fugitive Unit of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Westchester County Department of Public Safety’s Warrant Fugitive Unit.

The case was prosecuted by Senior Tax Fraud Counsel Nicole Gamble of the Economic Crimes Bureau with assistance from Forensic Accountant Michael Frenza, both of the Trials and Investigations Division, and Criminal Investigators Steven Sassone and Joseph McGann.

The District Attorney thanked the Ossining, North Castle and the Westchester County police departments for their assistance in the case.

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