Three Rivers Volkswagen’s former manager indicted
PITTSBURGH – A federal grand jury this week indicted the former office manager of Three Rivers Volkswagen, Peters Township, on charges of wire fraud and filing false income tax returns.
The seven-count indictment, unsealed Friday, named Deborah Cassini, 61, formerly of 209 Farmington Drive, Venetia.
According to the indictment presented to the court, Cassini had access to the company’s bank accounts, payroll system, accounting system and cash.
Over the course of several years, she embezzled funds in numerous ways, including making online payments to her personal credit cards from the company bank account; making online payments for her BMW from the company bank account; issuing herself additional compensation through the payroll system; skimming cash; writing checks to herself and to cash on company checks; and making cash withdrawals from the company bank account.
Cassini is charged with concealing the theft by making false accounting entries into the company’s accounting system.
The indictment further states she submitted false income tax returns for the years in which the embezzlement occurred.
The United States Postal Inspection Service and the Internal Revenue Service office of criminal investigation did the legwork leading to the indictment in this case.