Reading Woman Charged with Employee Embezzlement
| U.S. Attorney’s Office November 04, 2010 |
An indictment was filed today against Pamela Ann Mills charging her with embezzling approximately $1.5 million from her employer, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, Mills stole the money from Synergy Software, Maxwell Resources, Inc., in Reading Pennsylvania, while employed there between 2000 and July 2008. She allegedly used the money to pay for her personal lifestyle and expenses. The indictment further charges that defendant Mills failed to report the substantial additional taxable income resulting from her embezzlement on her federal income tax returns.
Mills is charged with 18 counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and three counts of filing false federal income tax returns for calendar years 2006, 2007, and 2008.
INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEFENDANT
| NAME | ADDRESS | AGE OR DATE OF BIRTH |
| Pamela Ann Mills | Reading, PA | 45 years old |
If convicted on all charges, the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 409 years’ imprisonment, a $5,750,000 fine, three years’ supervised release, and a $2,300 special victims/witness assessment.
The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division Bethlehem Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Allentown Resident Agency. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Seth Weber.