Manager At Bergen-Based Entertainment Union Charged With Embezzling $1.7M

The former office manager of a Bergen County-based union representing behind-the-scenes workers in the entertainment industry was arrested on charges of embezzling $1.7 million from the local.

Theresa Zappetti-Gremillot
Photo Credit: *BCJ*

IATSE Local #632 members at work.
Photo Credit: *Bruce Wilberg (FACEBOOK)*

Jerry DeMarco

11/09/2023 8:26 a.m.

Theresa Gremillot, 58, of Saddle Brook, pocketed an estimated 3,000 debits from the operating accounts of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local #632 between Jan. 1, 2019 and July 1, 2023, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

That’s an average of nearly 13 transactions a week.

Gremillot was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 8, and booked into the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

She’s charged with theft.

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