Taylor lady stole practically $270,000 from father’s enterprise

Feb. 23—A Taylor lady stole practically $270,000 from her father’s enterprise by issuing herself 98 checks over 5 years, the Lackawanna County district lawyer’s workplace stated.

Diana Lee Fetchen, 30, 115 Lincoln St., is charged with counts of forgery, entry machine fraud and theft by illegal taking or disposition.

Makes an attempt to succeed in her after she was arraigned Thursday morning have been unsuccessful. A courtroom docket didn’t observe if she had an lawyer.

In response to an affidavit filed by Detective Lisa Bauer, Fetchen was caught after she left the place of workplace supervisor and bookkeeper of her father’s enterprise, Fetchen Sheet Steel, in December.

By Jan. 26, others found two checks made payable to her which didn’t match their entries into QuickBooks, an accounting software program program. Investigators stated the checks had been made to look as in the event that they have been paid to enterprise distributors.

As Edward Fetchen and his spouse, Valerie Fetchen, regarded again by their cancelled checks, they discovered extra which had been made payable to both Diana Fetchen or to money.

“Please inform me I am flawed,” Edward Fetchen stated to his daughter when he confronted her, in accordance with the affidavit.

“I’ve no clarification,” she replied. “You would not assist me once I was struggling, I’ve no excuse, however I will pay you again.”

Edward Fetchen offered the detective with 98 cast checks paid to her from March 2017 to September, investigators stated. The thefts — which ranged in measurement from a number of hundred {dollars} to almost $5,000 — added as much as $269,602.74.

Fetchen is free on $25,000 unsecured bail. A preliminary listening to is scheduled March 6.

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