A woman will face court next month after allegedly defrauding a Lake Macquarie accounting firm of more than $200,000 over a five-year period.
Police allege the woman – who was an accountant at a firm at the time – transferred $201,000 into several personal accounts between 2011 and 2016.
In June 2019, Lake Macquarie Police commenced an investigation into anomalies in the Lake Macquarie businesses’account, allegedly controlled by the accountant.
Police attended a home at Cameron Park on Sunday and arrested a 50-year-old woman.
She was taken to Toronto Police Station where she was charged with three counts of dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception and one count of destroy/conceal accounting record to obtain financial advantage.
She was granted conditional bail to face Toronto Local Court on Tuesday 10 March 2020.
Investigations are ongoing.
