Craven County District Lawyer Scott Thomas introduced Tuesday afternoon {that a} former New Bern journey agent was discovered responsible of embezzling cash from her clients.
Julie Ann Mincey, 58, of New Bern, was discovered responsible by a Craven County jury of 9 counts of felony embezzlement and one depend of acquiring property by false pretenses following a week-long trial that concluded Tuesday.
Mincey was sentenced to 44-59 months in jail (3-5 years) and ordered to pay $53,402.58 in restitution to the victims of her crimes, in line with a information launch.
“We respect the responsible verdicts by the jury after listening to the proof on this case,” Thomas stated. “This has been an extended course of for the victims, investigators, and prosecutors. My workplace considers monetary crimes of this nature a severe matter. We’re glad {that a} jail sentence and restitution had been ordered.”
The discharge defined Mincey operated a journey company in New Bern referred to as Nation Journey and Excursions.
All through the trial, which started on August 1, prosecutors introduced proof displaying that whereas working the enterprise, Mincey accepted 1000’s of {dollars} from dozens of native clients, promising every of them to e-book journey packages world wide.
Close to the dates of their departure in September 2018, clients found no journey packages had been secured on their behalf and Mincey was unavailable to supply any clarification.
Investigators later realized that Mincey had traveled in a foreign country to Europe.
Mincey had not reimbursed any of her purchasers for his or her loss and plenty of examined throughout the trial that they’d not seen or heard from her since September 2018.
Investigators additionally carried out an evaluation of Mincey’s enterprise accounts. Between August 2017 and December 2018, as a substitute of making use of funds acquired on behalf of her clients as promised, Mincey performed a collection of transactions for her personal profit.
Transactions embody making funds on private bank cards for herself and her associates, making funds on a car for an affiliate and transferring funds to her private checking account.
Superior Court docket Choose John E. Nobles, Jr. presided over the trial and handed down the sentence.
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