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Modesto Woman Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison for Embezzlement-Related Charges

U.S. Attorney’s Office August 31, 2009
  • Eastern District of California (916) 554-2700

FRESNO, CA—United States Attorney Lawrence G. Brown announced today that LISA SHAE ALLEN, 38, of Modesto, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 51 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay over $1.6 million in restitution. ALLEN pleaded guilty on June 15, 2009, to 15 counts of mail fraud that resulted in a loss of over $1.6 million to her former employer.

This case was the product of an extensive investigation by the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service with assistance from the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office.

According to Assistant United States Attorneys Stanley Boone and Ian Garriques, who prosecuted the case, ALLEN was a former controller for G. Hedgecock Inc. (GHI), a grading and paving company in Modesto. Beginning in January 2002m and continuing to March 2007, ALLEN engaged in a fraudulent scheme defrauding GHI of over $1.6 million. Using an elaborate bookkeeping method to conceal her embezzlement, ALLEN was able to avoid audit detections of the company for a prolonged period of time.

In sentencing ALLEN, Judge Ishii commented on the unusually large amount of funds embezzled and how ALLEN used the funds to finance a lavish personal lifestyle.

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