YORK, Pa. — Police have charged the bookkeeper at a business in York with more than 50 counts of forgery and two counts of theft for allegedly stealing more than $27,000 while she was in charge of the books.
Angela Jill Henry, 58, of York, allegedly gave herself a $15 per hour raise, logged several hours of unauthorized overtime and authorized $3,700 in loans from the company to herself while she was keeping the books for DM Electric LLC from June 2022 to September of this year, according to a criminal complaint affidavit filed by York Police.
Police say Henry began working for the company on June 13, 2022. While she had the authority to issue payments from company accounts -- including payments to herself -- she did not have the authority to approve and pay herself overtime and reimbursements, nor could she approve expenses without the approval of the company's owner.
But shortly after beginning full-time work for the company, Henry began logging into company payroll accounts to pay herself for unapproved overtime, police claim.
She also changed her pay rate from $30 per hour to $45 per hour on multiple occasions, investigators determined.
Police say that between June 29, 2022 and Sept. 27 of this year, Henry paid herself 54 separate times by making unauthorized changes to her paychecks through a combination of overtime payments, pay raises, unapproved travel expenses and employee expense reimbursements. The total loss to the company was $17,000, police claim.
In April and August of this year, Henry allegedly issued $3,700 in loans to herself through the company account by listing herself as a vendor in the company's payment system, police said.
In August, she also listed her husband as a vendor and issued him a $400 payment through the company account, according to police.
In September, Henry had more than $6,000 in work at her home performed by DM Electric employees, police said. She allegedly billed and paid for labor and parts from the company's bank account, even though it was a private project.
In all, Henry is accused of taking $27,755.29 from the company through unauthorized means, according to police.
Henry was arraigned on the charges and freed after posting bail of $25,000, according to court records. Her preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 13.
