CT Woman Admits Stealing From FujiFilm

VALHALLA, NY — A Connecticut woman admitted she stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from her Valhalla-based employer. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. said Thursday Maria Mecca, 39, of Greenwich, Connecticut, pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny.

Authorities said she stole more than $400,000 from FujiFilm where she was employed.

Mecca, who is free on bail, was ordered to pay restitution. She is due back in court for sentencing March 18.

The district attorney's office said Mecca, as the company's human resources officer, had clearance to issue FujiFilm Achiever's Points, an incentive program in which company employees are rewarded for outstanding performance.

Those point can then be redeemed for gift cards.

Over a two-and-a-half-month period, Mecca awarded herself 41,784,000 Achiever's Points, which had a value of $417,840, which she then used to purchase gift cards for herself.

The theft was discovered when monitors of the Achiever's Portal system noticed suspicious activity on the defendant's internal Fuji account.

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