Julie Shih, 39, was charged with theft and forgery after police allege she stole to pay off her credit cards
A Bergen County woman who worked as a bookkeeper for a tree service company has been charged with stealing more than $300,000 from the business to pay off her credit cards, police said Tuesday.
Julie Shih
Julie Shih, 39, of Closter, was the bookkeeper and office manager for the Mahwah company for the past seven years, according to police Chief James N. Batelli.
“It is believed Mrs. Shih had been stealing from the company since 2015,” Batelli said in a statement.
Batelli did not name the company, but said the owner reported a review of financial records showed business checks had been cashed or deposited into bank accounts without authorization.
“The accounts the business checks were deposited into were actually Mrs. Shih’s personal credit card accounts,” Batelli said. “It appeared she was paying her personal credit cards off with funds from the company.”
Shih was charged with second-degree theft and third-degree forgery and released pending a court date, Batelli said.
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