The HR leader allegedly scammed her employer out of a six-figure sum
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently announced federal court charges against a former director of accounting and HR who allegedly stole more than $500,000 from her former employer.
The firm, a kitchen remodeling company based in Connecticut, hired Susana Rivera in 2019. According to the allegations, a month after employment, Rivera made “hundreds of unauthorized charges in a total amount exceeding $175,000 to the victim company’s credit cards for personal expenses, including jewelry, beauty treatments, laser treatments, travel, pets, cosmetic surgery, clothing and cars, including a partial payment on a $100,000 Corvette.”
Another allegation said she “caused the firm’s payroll company to make unauthorized payments in a net amount of more than $370,000 to a fake vendor that she created to receive the money.” She also allegedly made “unauthorized transfers from the firm’s bank account in an amount exceeding $2,900 to pay her personal utility bills.”
She also allegedly posed as the firm's owner in telephone calls with its credit card company to remove the card restrictions, as well as allegedly made the credit card personnel believe she was the owner.
“Susana Rivera abused the trust her employer placed in her by stealing more than $500,000 in hundreds of individual thefts over 22 months. She stole and...
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