{"id":6010,"date":"2021-09-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2021-09-17T09:16:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:16:05","slug":"georgia-bookkeeper-stole-over-1-million-from-coin-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6010","title":{"rendered":"Georgia bookkeeper stole over $1 million from coin shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alice Sue Smith was the bookkeeper at a family-owned coin shop, Chattanooga Coin, for 14 years, and prosecutors say she was embezzling from the business for 9 of them. Smith was\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndga\/pr\/former-bookkeeper-sentenced-prison-embezzlement\" target=\"_blank\">sentenced to three years and seven months<\/a>\u00a0in prison and ordered to pay $1.48 million in restitution. Smith\u2019s salary from this position was under $30,000 a year, and she was struggling to support her family when she grew desperate. Her attorney says that her aims were not to live lavishly, but she felt pressure to provide when her family hit a rough patch. That included paying for her husband\u2019s medical surgeries and supporting the family while he was out of work, caring for her older sister after a stroke and helping her daughter after a divorce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coins.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coins.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6011\" width=\"244\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coins.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coins-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coins-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to court filings, Smith began embezzling from the business in April 2009 by forging Revels\u2019 signature on checks. Prosecutors said she covered her tracks by lying on the check stubs. On one occasion, Smith reportedly wrote a check for $900 but wrote on the stub that it had been issued for $23.60 at a coffee shop. She\u2019s accused of embezzling more than $1 million between April 2009 and August 2018. Smith was also accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from a previous employer. She was sentenced to 12 years of probation, which she was still serving when she started embezzling at Chattanooga Coin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Struggling financially?<\/strong> <strong>In need of bookkeeping services? We&#8217;ve got you covered! Call us at (816) 524-4949 or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\">website<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alice Sue Smith was the bookkeeper at a family-owned coin shop, Chattanooga Coin, for 14 years, and prosecutors say she was embezzling from the business for 9 of them. 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