"As an account manager, Tae Miyaji Jones, 50, had access to the Garden Grove-based company's financial systems, corporate accounts, records and had the authority to sign checks. Over a nearly six-year period from Dec. 2017 to July 2023, Jones transferred money from the company's accounts into her own, totaling more than $2.8 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. She had worked as an account manager from 2010 until her termination in 2023."
"Jones used the stolen money to finance home mortgages, jewelry, car loans and her own credit card expenses. She purchased homes in Madison, Alabama and Waikoloa, Hawaii and various luxury goods, including Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Burberry bags and Tiffany & Co. jewelry, which she will forfeit, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement. To hide the embezzlement, Jones falsified records. She mailed company checks, sending and depositing them into her own bank accounts and sometimes transferred money by wire, prosecutors said."
Tae Miyaji Jones, 50, pleaded guilty to seven counts of mail fraud and three counts of wire fraud for embezzling more than $2.8 million from an instant noodle manufacturer where she worked as an account manager since 2010. From December 2017 to July 2023 Jones transferred company funds into her own accounts, mailed company checks to herself, and sometimes used wires while falsifying records to conceal the theft. She used the funds for home mortgages, luxury purchases, car loans and credit card expenses, buying properties in Madison, Alabama and Waikoloa, Hawaii. She will forfeit certain luxury items, is out on bond, and faces sentencing on April 2, 2026, with statutory maximums of 20 years per count.
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