Saturday, May 3, 2008 - Page updated at 09:17 PM
E-mail article
Print view Share:
Digg
Newsvine
Renton WA woman sentenced for embezzling
A Renton woman who is five weeks' pregnant has been sentenced to four months in federal custody after pleading guilty to embezzling $41,733 from the Seattle Police Officers' Guild.
Thirty-seven-year-old Tara Mullins was the guild's bookkeeper from February 2003 until her termination in November 2005.
As part of her guilty plea, Mullins admitted to writing fraudulent checks, some from employee-benefit accounts, and depositing them into her own account.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says she also forged a guild officer's signature and transferred money from guild accounts to her online PayPal account, using the money for televisions, and movie and "Star Trek" memorabilia.
Federal authorities say whenn Mullins was fired, police found $10,000 in benefits checks that were not mailed to police officers or vendors.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour says Mullins would be released in time to deliver her baby.
---
Information from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, http://www.seattle-pi.com/
Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company
NEW - 10:50 AM

Enjoy 3 courses for $30, May 1-29
Dine at 23 new Seattle-area restaurants.
New Urban Eats, a dining event from NWsource.
View participating restaurants
Enter to win dinner for two
- Ken Griffey Jr. pays off debt to Reds teammate in pennies
- Lawyers pressured Nickels to say Seattle won't miss the Sonics | Sonics
- Mugging of cyclist in tunnel spurs warning
- Road trip! 10 close-to-home summer vacations
- Jailed museum director's death linked to infection
- Man kept posing as cop to get drugs, police say
- Backward-evolving Lake Washington fish lends clues about genetics
- Seahawks sign AFL receiver Chas Gessner to a 2-year contract
- Seattle U. prof held in online sex sting
- Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling
- Road trip! 10 close-to-home summer vacations
- UW plan merges forestry school, 5 others
- Mount Rainier's Paradise Inn rejuvenated, ready for guests
- A personality test for your cat
- Backward-evolving Lake Washington fish lends clues about genetics
- Mugging of cyclist in tunnel spurs warning
- Region's jazz legacy in spotlight again at Essentially Ellington
- Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling
- Obama's Appalachian problem | Close-up
- New off-leash dog park opens in Sammamish
