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White Plains, NY - The Westchester County District Attorney's office announced that Maria Maquilon, 58, of Yonkers, New York has plead guilty to one count of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree.
Over a twenty month period from September 1, 2005 to May 9, 2007, the defendant, who was employed as a secretary/administrative assistant by the Yonkers South Broadway District Management Association Inc., stole approximately $71,098.09 from the Association by hand writing and/or cutting and cashing unauthorized checks.
Additionally, to cover up the thefts, the defendant intentionally altered and/or falsified business records, including, but not limited to, Quick Book Account entries, Check Requests, purported payees and check stubs.
Yonkers police were contacted by the Association and initiated an investigation.
Maquilon’s bail was continued at $1,000.
She faces a minimum of five to a maximum of fifteen years in state prison.
She will be sentenced on October 8, 2008.
Assistant District Attorney Berit Hayes Husbey, of the Public Integrity Bureau, prosecuted the case.
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