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Southington resident Lydia Cabrera, 36, pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court to one count of bank fraud related to a two-year embezzlement scheme, while she was employed by A2Z Home Medical Supplies, where 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 alleged 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. She was released on bond and is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 11 next year, when she will face up to 30 years in prison.
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