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October 12, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Valley Head Resident Enters Plea to Embezzlement Charge

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA — A 40 year old Valley Head, West Virginia, resident entered a plea of guilty on October 11, 2011, in United States District Court in Elkins before Magistrate Judge John S. Kaull.

United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced that: ANGELA A. GOULD entered a plea of guilty to one count of embezzlement in Randolph County. GOULD embezzled United States currency in an amount exceeding $1,000 during each of the years 2009 and 2010 and made approximately $59,141 in unauthorized charges to the victim’s two credit cards to cover up the embezzlement. GOULD, who is free on bond pending sentencing, faces a maximum exposure of 10 years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Stephen D. Warner and was investigated by the Elkins Detachment of the West Virginia State Police.