Vanessa Vince-Small Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for embezzling BMW dealership

[Satanica]

I could've sworn this one was here.

http://amp.timeinc.net/thedrive/new...m-sentenced-to-30-months-in-prison?source=dam

Vanessa Vence-Small, the former controller of Continental BMW in Darien Connecticut, has been accused of embezzling $1.1 million from the successful, family-owned car dealership. Vence-Small is now facing 30 months in prison courtesy of the U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut after pleading guilty of wire fraud, Automotive News reports.

In order to supplement her $150,000 yearly income, the former controller cooked the books to the tune of over a million bucks over the course of 2.5 years. Allegedly she dropped over $50,000 on a new Ford Mustang, which was later forfeited and valued at just $28,840, and spent the rest of her stolen money on things like lavish travels around the globe, cosmetic surgery, and some landscaping and remodeling for her house.

The crook's scheme came crashing down when dealership president Paula Callari noticed that her business wasn’t delivering the profits that it should based on her observations of the store doing "pretty well." According to reports, even employees had to be terminated and compensation plans restructured to make up for the profits that were going adrift thanks to Vence-Small.

It appears that Vence-Small is a gifted liar, which is why she got away with embezzling so much money for so long. Reports claim that she had an answer for everything when questioned by company executives and made promises that things would get better. Once the dealership noticed irregularities in the bookkeeping, Vence-Small was fired in June of 2017 and the authorities were notified of what was found.

Automotive News claims that this isn’t the first time Vence-Small has been caught doing something like this, but it is the first time she’s been prosecuted for it. Her defense lawyers say she “is committed to turning her life around,” but Callari isn’t so optimistic. "The only thing Vanessa is sorry for is that she stayed with our company too long and got caught," said Callari in court testimony. "People like Vanessa do not change their stripes."

Luckily for Continental BMW, they were able to get $755,000 of these damages covered by insurance, but that’s still a good quarter-million short of the real damage. Vence-Small probably isn't thrilled to find out that she needs to pay back both her former employer and the insurer on top of serving her prison sentence.

 

[DaveL]

She won't be paying anybody back. Instead she'll spend the rest of her life hiding her income and assets from the court, one way or another.

 

[Fellofftheporch]

She won't be paying anybody back. Instead she'll spend the rest of her life hiding her income and assets from the court, one way or another.

Exactly! Being the gifted liar she is and all, should be a walk in the park for her.

 

[Sejanus]

She got ripped off on cosmetic surgery.
Her face isn't that great and frankly there's no way you could put that kind of money into boobs and have it worth it

 

[LFODBiker]

Think of it this way honey, now you're going to be the best looking bitch in cell block b.

I'm sure the bulls will trip over themselves to be your celly.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

All businesses should have a second person that looks over the checks and balances every quarter.

 

[Jinxx]

She got ripped off on cosmetic surgery.
Her face isn't that great and frankly there's no way you could put that kind of money into boobs and have it worth it

And she's gonna look even worse after all that prison time and no upkeep on that fake face.

 

[Anubis]

I find it funny that she ripped off BMW for 1.1 mil and then paid full price for a mustang. While BMW was busy batting their eyes and swooning Ford was all, sign here.

 

[JackBurton]

White collar crime, white female perpetrator, cue slap on the wrist while thugs on the street get vastly stiffer penalties despite causing FAR less harm