A WOMAN WHO HANDLED THE PAYROLL for the Bath County, Kentucky, EMS is in jail this morning after being charged with embezzling over $50,000 from the agency. Angel Masterson, 36, worked for a private C.P.A. firm that maintained the payroll account for the ambulance agency and she set up a scheme to generate paychecks to herself.
When the EMS sent her this payroll list of employees and number of hours worked, she would compile the wages earned and send the information to the bank where direct-deposits would be sent to the employees’ accounts. Masterson simply added in a fictitious name along with her own bank account number which created paychecks to herself.
The scheme fell apart after she was fired from her job for poor work performance. Her boss who had taken over the payroll account noticed the missing money immediately and notified the police.
WKYT-TV has the story and a video report HERE.
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