Bookkeeper indicted for stealing thousands from Carroll Gardens plumbing supply company
Allegedly Used Funds for Trips and Motel Stays
A Queens woman has been charged in a 159-count indictment with stealing almost $325,000 from a family-owned plumbing supply business in Carroll Gardens, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle has learned.
To further the grand larceny scheme, it is alleged that the former bookkeeper repeatedly wrote checks from the company’s bank account to pay her credit card bills instead of paying vendors.
The defendant, Elizabeth Nero, aka., Elizabeth Leone, is charged with one count of second-degree grand larceny, 79 counts of first-degree falsifying business records and 79 counts of second-degree forgery. She is currently held on bail and is set to return to court on May 20.
According to the indictment, in December 2010, Nero was hired to work as a bookkeeper for Hicks Street Plumbing and Heating Supply, Inc., located on Hicks Street, in Carroll Gardens, which is owned by Matthew Ruggiero.