They have been ordered to pay a combined total of $189,881 in fines.
“We’re glad for it to be over,” says Hackworth. “It took way too long and it’s a shame this ever happened. It’s a very sad situation and cost the business a lot of money in attorneys’ fees. Our company is much healthier now and we’re glad to move on.”
The couple was accused of embezzling the money over a three-year period. Janice Molden was a bookkeeper for the company and Oral Molden did computer work there.
Janice Molden was sentenced to five years of probation and has been ordered to pay $166,440 in fines, according to a report. Her husband was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $23,441 in fines.
Plea deals in the case were reached in October with the sentencing taking place this month.
Janice Molden pleaded no contest to one count of using a computer to commit a crime and one count of embezzling more than $999 but less than $20,000 and an additional count of using a computer to commit a crime. In exchange for the plea, the counts of embezzling $100,000 or more, embezzling $25,000 or more and two additional counts of using a computer to commit a crime were dismissed.
Oral Molden pleaded no contest to one count of maliciously using a telecommunications service. In exchange, the court dismissed one court of false pretenses of more than $20,000 and false pretenses between $999 and $20,000, making or permitting a false tax return.
Charges against the couple were first brought in 2011, with new counts filed in December 2012.
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