Originally published December 10, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified December 10, 2007 at 5:32 PM
Tacoma window company employee charged with stealing $1.6 million
A woman who worked for the president of Milgard Windows & Doors has been charged with embezzling $1.6 million from the manufacturer...
TACOMA — A woman who worked for the president of Milgard Windows & Doors has been charged with embezzling $1.6 million from the manufacturer.
Lindy A.M. Robertson, 27, pleaded not guilty Friday in Pierce County Superior court to 27 counts of theft and three of money laundering and was released on her own recognizance. No trial date was set.
Her lawyer, Spencer Douglas Freeman, could not be reached for comment by The News Tribune.
According to court records, Robertson and her husband, Jamal Robertson, were sued in March by Milgard, a division of Masco Corp. of Taylor, Mich. Trial on the lawsuit is set for next year. Her husband is not a defendant in the criminal case.
Robertson was hired in 2003 as executive assistant to Milgard President James J. Sweeney Jr. An American Express agent called Milgard in February to alert the company to questionable transactions involving her, according to documents filed in the criminal case.
The company conducted an internal investigation, including a forensic examination of Robertson's computer, and a Milgard lawyer contacted the Washington State Patrol to begin a criminal probe in March.
Investigators believe she kept original summary pages for a company American Express account and created spreadsheets to list detailed expenditures while altering the numbers to conceal her purchases, records say.
Robertson is accused of using company money to shop online at Nordstrom, Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware, pay off her mortgage, remodel her house, buy two cars, put $28,000 into a college fund for her two children and pay air fare to Uganda for her father, Abraham Mouracade, head of an outreach service for at-risk youth.
It was unclear from court records whether Mouracade knew how his travel was financed.
Copyright © 2007 The Seattle Times Company
UPDATE - 03:39 PM
Arson suspect has long history of setting fires
Band of advocates, activists now McGinn's likely insiders
Light rail to airport to begin Dec. 19
Kirkland annex 'yes' could be slipping away
UPDATE - 03:57 PM
Kent man challenges Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels' gun ban

Opening day at Crystal Mountain
Skiers crowded the slopes at Crystal Mountain for one of the resort's earliest openings.
nwjobs

Post a comment

Michelle Goodman blogs about work/life balance.
How to tell your office you're gravely ill
Post a comment
nwautos

Choosing a new sedan? Weigh the impact of your choice on your wallet and on the planet.
Post a comment
- Homeless man, 46, arrested in Greenwood arsons
- KVI talk radio host off the air as of Thursday
- Steve Kelley | ESPN's Bill Simmons gets us: He hates Clay Bennett, too
- Police investigate videotaped arrest
- Seattle U. Men's Hoops | Big recruit goes from Huskies to Redhawks
- Mariners sign Jack Wilson to 2-year contract
- Razor found in muffin an accident, 'mortified' baker says
- Suspect's family shaken by slaying of police officer
- Mountlake Terrace woman reports razor in muffin
- Man says he will protest city's gun ban by carrying gun into community center
- Police investigate videotaped arrest
635 - OSU game thread
617 - Seattle man to pack a pistol into community center to protest mayor's ban
356 - GOP clueless as families struggle with health care
196 - NYC trial for 9/11 suspects poses risks
132 - Wright State game thread
97 - Band of advocates, activists now McGinn's likely insiders
96 - Licata looks at boosting traffic-ticket revenue
87 - Kent man challenges Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels' gun ban
76 - Light rail to airport to begin Dec. 19
67
- Light rail to airport to begin Dec. 19
- Homeless man, 46, arrested in Greenwood arsons
- Ivar's undersea billboards a hoax devised as marketing ploy
- Light rail to airport to begin Dec. 19
- Steve Kelley | ESPN's Bill Simmons gets us: He hates Clay Bennett, too
- An 802.11n upgrade could make a big difference
- KVI talk radio host off the air as of Thursday
- Washington in race for federal education funds
- Police investigate videotaped arrest
- Goodwill's Glitter Sale is Nov. 14-15





