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Albert Lea office manager admits taking $525,000 to pay her credit card bills
Star Tribune ^ | Published Nov. 26, 2002 | David Phelps

Posted on 11/27/2002 5:46:59 PM PST by vannrox

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:38:04 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The former office manager of an Albert Lea steel fabrication company pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling more than $525,000 from the firm over a six-year period to pay personal credit card bills that financed a clotheshorse lifestyle in the largely working-class southern Minnesota city.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bluelightspecial; clothes; credit; employee; evil; greed; howmanyshoes; imeldawannabe; money; spending; success; women; work
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1 posted on 11/27/2002 5:47:00 PM PST by vannrox
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To: vannrox
admits taking $525,000 to pay her credit card bills

Well, that would sure pay my credit card bills, with about $524,900 left over.

2 posted on 11/27/2002 6:14:07 PM PST by jlogajan
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To: jlogajan
Nice work if you can get it.
3 posted on 11/27/2002 7:39:19 PM PST by Jesse
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To: vannrox
436 sweaters, 144 pairs of pants, 89 pairs of dress slacks, 92 skirts, 46 dresses, 58 blazers, 114 pairs of shoes, 81 leather billfolds, 66 leather purses, 15 winter coats and other items of jewelry and furniture.

This is the best part of the article. I read this during lunch and almost lost it laughing so hard. But hey, she was taking medication so it wasn't really her fault I suppose.

4 posted on 11/27/2002 7:55:06 PM PST by Sawdring
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