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Embezzlement

Friday, January 20, 2012

Material Obessions, Gambling Led Fredericksburg Woman To Embezzle

Adrienne Carrington, 56, of Fredericksburg will serve 24 months in prison for stealing more than a half-million dollars from the American Diabetes Association.

A gambling addiction and an obsession with her appearance led a Fredericksburg woman to embezzle almost $570,000 from the American Diabetes Association for almost a decade beginning in 2001, resulting in a 24-month prison sentence. Adrienne Carrington, 56, will also have three years of supervised probation when she is released from prison. She pleaded guilty on Sept. 23, 2011. Court records state that from August 2001 to September 2010, Carrington used her access to an American Diabetes Association bank account and accounting documents to wire transfer money to an account she had control of under her daughter's name. The government charged that Carrington made 133 separate wire transfers for a total of $569,827.  To hide her crimes, she …

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12:54 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012

This woman makes the most ridiculous statement for 40 years she hasnt been able to deal with her fathers tragic death. Did she kill him ? Keeping up with the Jones's is what this woman suffers from . I hope that they sell all her material possessions to repay the money that she embezzled I dont see how she will make it in jail without being afforded the ability to keep up her appearance.   more ›

Friday, September 23, 2011

City Woman Embezzled $560,000 From American Diabetes Association

Adrienne Carrington, 56, of Fredericksburg, could spend 20 years in prison for the crime.

A city woman faces 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for embezzling almost $570,000 from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and using the stolen money to buy fancy clothes and gamble. Adrienne Carrington, 56, of Fredericksburg, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud, according to U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Neil H. MacBride and Assistant Director of the FBI's Washington Field Office James W. McJunkin. She will be sentenced on Jan. 20. “Adrienne Carrington abused her position of trust to rip off half-a-million dollars from the American Diabetes Association in an extremely callous crime,” said MacBride. “Instead of helping the 25 million Americans affected by this serious disease, she stole the organization’s …

Ruth Cohen Golmant

8:28 pm on Thursday, September 29, 2011

It's not hard enough to have lived with Type 1 diabetes for 38 years, now I have to worry about someone stealing money meant to help find a cure?! Id LOVE to talk to this woman.   more ›

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