A San Carlos woman has been sentenced to 24 months in
federal prison for embezzling tribal
funds.
34 year old Holly Faye Youvella was also ordered to pay
$272,000 in restitution and perform 100 hours of community service.
While she was the bookkeeper for Peridot Shopping Center,
Inc.—a San Carlos Apache Tribal Organization—Youvella embezzled about $268,000
of the shopping center’s money by cashing fraudulent checks made payable to
either herself or a family member. She also admitted that she stole about $4,300
by directing multiple fraudulent electronic payments to personal credit and
utility accounts.
Youvella has been ordered to self-surrender to serve her
sentence on December 10. 2012.
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