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Lawrence Clerk Pleads Not Guilty to Massachusetts Larceny Charge Stemming from $2 Million Embezzlement Scheme

By Altman & Altman

Marie Morey, a Lawrence courthouse accounting clerk, has pled guilty to charges of larceny of property over $250 and filing/publishing a false written report. The 38-year-old woman is accused of developing and running an embezzlement scam that allowed her to steal over $2 million from the Lawrence probation department. The accounting clerk, who has a GED and no formal accounting training, is accused of embezzling $2,037,725.21 in restitution and fees and of manipulating bank deposits and records. She allegedly stole $12,000 a month for about 3 years. The prosecution also says she recently traveled to the Dominican Republic 30 times?although Morey?s criminal defense lawyer says his client only visited the Dominican Republic 10 times, which she did to see her mother...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on December 05, 2009 (boomark / email).