Wall Street Secretary Gives Herself a Bonus
From Times Wire Services
A secretary at a Wall Street brokerage firm pleaded guilty to embezzling $400,000 from her boss’ personal checking account by using erasable ink.
Anamarie Giambrone, 34, pleaded guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to second-degree grand larceny for cheating her boss, Eli Wachtel, an executive at Bear, Stearns & Co.
Judge William Wetzel told Giambrone she would be given two to five years in prison when she is sentenced next month.
According to investigators, Giambrone spent at least $142,000 of the $400,000 to buy her husband a pizza parlor.
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