Richmond Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

(Richmond, VA) – Kathryn Lynn Feuer, age 41, of Richmond, Virginia, pled guilty today to fraud and aggravated identity theft charges following a federal investigation for embezzlement. Feuer faces up to 30 years of federal imprisonment and $1,000,000 in fines for bank fraud, as well as a mandatory, consecutive term of two years of imprisonment for aggravated identity theft when sentenced by United States District Chief Judge James R. Spencer on January 15, 2008. The plea was announced by Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Feuer was employed by two area businesses to perform accounting services. As part of the plea, she admitted to devising a scheme to defraud her employers by stealing checks and forging signatures. The stolen checks were made payable to Feuer’s credit accounts; however, Feuer created false entries in the accounting systems in an effort to conceal her activities. Charges were filed simultaneously with the execution of a federal search warrant at Feuer’s Mechanicsville residence in August 2007. In addition, assets belonging to Feuer were restrained by the United States. As part of the plea, Feuer has agreed to make full restitution in the amount of $852,066.

The case was investigated by law enforcement officers from the United States Secret Service and the Chesterfield County Police Department as members of the Metro-Richmond Identity Theft Task Force. Other member agencies include: the Postal Inspection Service; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Bureau of Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State; Richmond Police Department; and Henrico County Police Department. Prosecutions for the Task Force are handled by the United States Attorney’s Office and the Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia. For more information on the Task Force, including assistance for victims of identity theft, visit: www.richmondIDtheft.com.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Laura Colombell Marshall and Assistant United States Attorney G. Wingate Grant.

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