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Bookkeeper charged with embezzling $852k from Pa. construction company

Consider this a cautionary tale as to why contractors should know the signs of embezzlement. The former bookkeeper of a family-owned construction company in eastern Pennsylvania has been charged with embezzling more than $852,000 from the company since 2007, according to a report from the Associated Press. Ruth Phillips, 54, was arraigned last Thursday on […]

August 19, 2013

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Is your construction company being embezzled? How to sniff out the problem

Times were good in the early 2000s when a Southern California contractor went looking for a financial manager. “This candidate was far above anyone else we interviewed,” the contractor says. She had construction experience and caught on quickly. He immediately gave her more responsibility. The manager would sit down with him every month, going over […]

May 1, 2013