Kansas bookkeeper indicted for embezzling from employer

TOPEKA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a Kansas woman for embezzling more than $25,000 from her former employer.

According to court documents, Janetta Marie Buttery, 53, of Bennington is charged with five counts of wire fraud and one count of interstate transfer of embezzled funds. 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lindsey Debenham is prosecuting the case.

OTHER INDICTMENTS

Juan Luis Romero-Garcia, 43, an illegal alien from Mexico, was indicted on one count of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, one count of false claim of U.S. Citizenship to register to vote, and one count of false information in registering to vote. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is investigating the case.

An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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