June 11, 2009

EAST ARLINGTON, VERMONT WOMAN CHARGED WITH WIRE FRAUD AND FILING FALSE TAX RETURN

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Denise M. Hall, 51, of East Arlington, Vermont, has been charged in an Information filed in United States District Court with one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return. Also filed was a signed plea agreement in which she agreed to plead guilty to both charges.

According to the Information, during 2001 through mid-2008, while employed by Rosemary Altea of East Arlington, Vermont as office manager and bookkeeper, Hall fraudulently took $120,000 - $200,00 from Altea and used it for personal expenses.

The maximum penalties are 20 years in prison for the wire fraud, and three years in prison for the tax fraud.

The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division and the United States Secret Service. Hall is represented by Bennington attorney David Silver. The United States is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Darrow.