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Comptroller From Long Island Admits To Embezzling $1.3M From Company Comptroller From Long Island Admits To Embezzling $1.3M From Company
Comptroller From Long Island Admits To Embezzling $1.3M From Company A Long Island man has admitted to wire fraud for his role in a years-long scheme to embezzle approximately $1.3 million from a financial publishing company where he was then employed as comptroller, federal authorities have announced. Eric Ian Whitehead, 53, of Smithtown, used wire transfers and cash deposits from the company to benefit himself without authorization from the company, Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced Tuesday, Dec. 22. “As he admitted in court today, Eric Ian Whitehead exploited his position of trust …