Melissa Evans worked in a dental practice in West Virginia.
In her position, Evans was responsible for accepting payments, posting entries into the accounting system, prepared and conducted deposits on behalf of the office and was in charge of their accounts payable, the information said.
During that time frame, Evans knowingly forged the signature of her employer without authorization and misappropriated checks from several institutions including the Boards of Education from Wood, Jackson and Pleasants counties.
Her employer’s forged signature made it possible to deposit the checks into her personal account with Poca Valley Bank in Spencer, the information said.
Melissa Evans took $120k
Throughout her scheme, Evans fraudulently appropriated more than 300 checks and embezzled more than $120,000, Stuart said.
Evans also forged her boss’ signature on three checks drawn on patients’ personal bank accounts, the information said.
After the checks were deposited into her personal account, Evans used her debit card or wrote checks to access the funds, the information said.
Evans owes the $120,000 in restitution, the information said.
Sentencing is scheduled on Nov. 18. She faces up to 30 years in prison.
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