Crime & Safety
Woman Sentenced For Embezzling From Girl Scouts, Cancer Center
An accountant was sentenced to a year in jail for embezzling from a cancer center and the Girl Scouts, where she worked as a treasurer.
LOS ANGELES, CA — A certified public accountant who did work for a pair of local Girl Scouts chapters and a cancer center was sentenced Friday to one year in jail and five years probation for embezzling more than $93,000.
Patricia Cascione, 53, of Santa Clarita, pleaded no contest Wednesday to one felony count of embezzlement by a public or private officer.
A second embezzlement charge was dismissed as a result of her plea, Cascione agreed to pay restitution to both victims, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
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She had served as a volunteer treasurer for two local Girl Scouts chapters as well as a Girl Scouts service unit, and used funds totaling nearly $59,000 from the Girl Scouts' accounts for her personal use, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Prosecutors also said Cascione diverted $34,500 in donations for the cancer center to one of her Girl Scouts accounts.
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The case against her was filed in September 2018 following an investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Emerging Cyber Trends Team.
—City News Service