CHARLOTTE WOMAN CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT

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Cynthia Goldman faces charges of embezzling money from her now former employer.

By Jon Mayhew

DENVER -- A Charlotte woman has been charged with embezzling $12,000 from an east Lincoln company she worked for and now faces felony charges.

Lincoln County Sheriff's detective Andrew Alvarado charged Cynthia Michelle Goldman, 42, of Shelter Rock Court, Charlotte, with felony embezzlement and felony financial transaction card fraud.

Sgt. M. Hill responded to Testa and Wirth, Inc at 290 North Highway 16 after the owner’s discovered a credit line on their banking account had been opened in an employee’s name. Company officials stated the employee was Cynthia Michele Goldman and she was not authorized to open a credit line or make charges.

Goldman was transported to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and during an interview with Detective Alvarado, she admitted to opening the credit line and using it for personal expenses and bills. She also told officers she was in charge of the payroll and overpaid herself for additional money to make her rent payment.

There are also outstanding warrants on the suspect in Gaston, Wake, and Cabarrus Counties. Lincoln County detectives are continuing their investigation.

She was taken before a magistrate and placed in the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center under a $22,000 secured bond.