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Antioch Shriner embezzlement case leads to guilty plea
DAYTON — A Huber Heights woman accused of embezzling $478,000 from the Antioch Shrine pleaded guilty Wednesday, March 24, to one count of bank fraud.
Wanda Fox, 67, who worked for the Shrine, appeared before U.S. District Senior Judge Walter H. Rice, who set sentencing for June 25, according to Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
Using a check writing computer software program at her workplace, Fox fraudulently created approximately 192 checks in various amounts totaling approximately $468,287 from the period of April 2002 until August 2009. The checks were made payable to Fox, her husband or “National City Bank” and were drawn on Antioch’s National City Bank checking account, according to the statement of facts filed with the court.
Fox would then travel to various local National City Bank branches, where she would deposit them in a personal checking account or cash them, the statement said.
On four separate occasions, Fox also withdrew a total of about $10,000 from Antioch Shrine’s accounts. Fox fraudulently represented to National City Bank that she had the authority to withdrawal money. Fox used the fraudulently obtained funds to pay for her personal expenses, to pay off debts, and for other unlawful purposes, the statement said.
Fox was arrested on October 21, 2009 and has been free on bond since her arrest. She faces a sentence of up to 30 years imprisonment, a fine of up to $1 million, and up to five years of probation. Her plea agreement requires Fox to make full restitution to Antioch Shrine and National City Bank.
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