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Girl Scout Treasurer Charged for Stealing $88,000

A woman was charged with Embezzlement Theft after stealing thousands of dollars from the girl scouts. Read more here.

Embezzlement is the common term for stealing from an employer or business owner, but in Fort Collins and Larimer County, this type of stealing is charged under the Theft statute. A woman is facing these charges after she was caught having taken $88,000 from the Girl Scouts and a cancer center. According to the report, the woman was a volunteer treasurer for several girl scout troops and worked as the CFO of a cancer center. She reportedly took $58,000 from the different girl scout troops and $30,000 from the cancer center. Based on the amount money allegedly taken, she is facing felony Theft charges.

Larimer County Theft and Embezzlement Lawyer: Definition of Theft in Boulder County

The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Theft – C.R.S. 18-4-401 – is:

(1) A person commits theft when he or she knowingly obtains, retains, or exercises control over anything of value of another without authorization or by threat or deception; or receives, loans money by pawn or pledge on, or disposes of anything of value or belonging to another that he or she knows or believes to have been stolen, and:

(a) Intends to deprive the other person permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value;

(b) Knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value in such manner as to deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;

(c) Uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value intending that such use, concealment, or abandonment will deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;

(d) Demands any consideration to which he or she is not legally entitled as a condition of restoring the thing of value to the other person; or

(e) Knowingly retains the thing of value more than seventy-two hours after the agreed-upon time of return in any lease or hire agreement.

Most Theft cases are charged under subsection (a) – taking something from someone with the intent of never giving it back.

Sentence for Theft / Embezzlement in Loveland and Estes Park

Theft can be charged as a petty offense, misdemeanor, or felony, depending on the amount taken. For the woman above, she would be facing felony charges, as anything valued at $2,000 or more puts it in the felony range – a class 4 felony for anything valued at $20,000 to $99,000.

If you or someone you love has been charged with Theft / Embezzlement, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-658-0007 to schedule your free initial consultation. Together, we can protect your future.

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