Monday, July 30, 2007

Judge denies dismissal motion in $210,800 embezzlement case

WORCESTER, Mass. (7/30/07)--A Worcester, Mass., Superior Court judge denied a motion to dismiss a case on bank embezzlement and attempted counterfeiting charges against a woman accused of stealing $210,800 from a credit union.

Susan Carcieri, 56, and her husband, George Labadie, 48, are awaiting trial related to charges of staging a robbery at W-G FCU in Worcester on Aug. 27, 2002. Carcieri worked at the credit union at the time.

Judge Kathe M. Tuttman ruled against the dismissal, saying there was ample evidence to indict on the charges. Two days after the reported robbery, police using a warrant seized $24,900 in $10 and $100 bills from the couple's home. Also seized were two sheets of paper depicting exact-size replicas of the backs of $10 bills.

The couple have pleaded not guilty and filed a civil lawsuit in federal court accusing police of violating their civil rights during the investigation.

courtesy of cuna.org

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