Former Finance Manager Charged with Embezzlement, Forgery
CULPEPER, Va. -- A former finance manager for a local dealership has been arrested on multiple counts of felony embezzlement and forgery, reported the Culpeper Star Exponent.
CULPEPER, Va. -- A former finance manager for a local dealership has been arrested on multiple counts of felony embezzlement and forgery, reported the Culpeper Star Exponent.
Robert Goudreau Jr., 38, of Front Royal, was arrested on suspicion of embezzling about $4,800 in cash and checks from Chrysler of Culpeper. The Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office told the Star Exponent that Goudreau had been hired as the dealership’s special finance manager in May, but was fired in August after a customer alleged mismanagement and disappearance of funds from his account.
Goudreau is accused of inflating numbers on contracts, charging customers fees that did not exist and then keeping the difference and altering the paperwork. In addition to this case, he is also facing extradition to Maryland, where he is wanted on 42 misdemeanor and felony charges for similar misconduct, officials said.
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