SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The former fiscal manager for the Children's Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania (CAC/NEPA) has been sentenced after being found guilty of wire fraud.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 51-year-old Angela Saar, of Olyphant, diverted fraudulent payments of various kinds from the CAC/NEPA bank accounts into her own bank accounts for her personal benefit.
The thefts happened from November 2018 to June 2022 while Saar was employed as the fiscal manager at the CAC/NEPA, the DOJ said.
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The Department of Justice says some of the diverted payments involved fraudulent mileage reimbursements, while others involved Saar inflating her bi-weekly paychecks by thousands of dollars.
The total amount of restitution ordered to be paid back to the CAC/NEPA was $411,940.11.
The Department of Justice says Saar also defrauded a second charitable organization in Lackawanna County, for which she paid restitution prior to her sentencing.
Saar has been sentenced to 366 days in prison, with three years of supervised release.
