Maine Woman Admits to Embezzling $300,000 from Charity
June 10, 2014 | Read Time: 1 minute
A Brunswick, Maine, woman faces up to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud and tax charges in connection with the theft of more than $300,000 from her nonprofit employer, the Bangor Daily News writes.
Stacey Backman, 41, worked as a fund accountant for Coastal Enterprises, Inc., a nonprofit community-development group in Wiscasset, Maine, that relies in part on federal grant money.
Prosecutors said Monday that Ms. Backman embezzled the money between 2010 and 2014, using corporate credit cards for personal expenses, and failed to report the income on federal tax returns. She was fired by Coastal Enterprises in January after the misappropriation came to light.
