San Francisco Giants employee embezzles $1.5 million

Over a period of one year, a payroll manager for the San Francisco Giants embezzled more than $1.5 million dollars from the organization. The woman, Robin O’Connor, was caught when she applied for a loan and forged a letter from Giants HR explaining the large deposits made in her account. Yea, not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.

Here’s how the scheme unraveled. Last month, O’Connor applied for a loan to buy a house in San Diego. The affidavit says she forged a letter from the Giants’ HR manager, explaining large deposits into O’Connor’s account “Because of her outstanding contributions … that assisted us in accomplishing our goal of winning the 2010 World Series, she was given two additional payments of compensation in May 2011.” $100,090.71 and $200,348.89.

When the lender, Bank of America, sent a copy of the letter to the Giants for confirmation, it was over.

“I’m reminded of what prosecutors often say to juries, which is, we don’t catch the smart ones, the people who get convicted are people who leave enough evidence behind to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Johnson.

If convicted, O’Connor won’t be spending time at a white-collar resort prison. No ma’am. Like Michael Bolton explains to Samir in Office Space, it’s much worse than that.

KGO via [Deadspin]

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