Accountant Sentenced to Prison for Million-dollar Embezzlement Scheme

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Kemp instructed the payroll processing company to direct deposit Y.H.J.’s salary payments into her personal bank accounts.

Kemp concealed her scheme by preparing a set of fabricated internal payroll records that excluded the fictitious doctor with the initials Y.H.J. The doctor has not been employed by the company since 2010.

Nevertheless, Y.H.J.’s unauthorized salary payments were regularly deposited into Kemp’s personal bank accounts, month after month, until February 2013.

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“Kemp’s egregious misconduct threatened the financial soundness of her company when she stole over one million dollars,” U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak said. “Businesses should build in checks and balances in their accounting procedures that safeguard their assets from fraud.”