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Southington resident Lydia Cabrera, 36, was charged in a five-count indictment in New Haven federal court, charging that for two years, while employed by A2Z Home Medical Supplies, she misappropriated the funds for personal use.
U.S. Attorney John Durham said that while working as a bookkeeper for the company, Cabrera was given access to A2Z’s online merchant payment system. The indictment alleges that between August 2016 and August 2018, just days after starting at the position, Cabrera used the online system to steal from the company by falsely representing that customers had sought a return of their funds.
Durham said that Cabrera inputted her personal debit card information as the card to which the funds should be returned. Through that scheme, she misappropriated an estimated $370,000.
Cabrera was arrested Friday, March 1 and detained. The indictment charges her with five counts of bank fraud, which each carries a maximum term of up to 30 years in prison if she is convicted.
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