Former Fiscal Manager For The Children’s Advocacy Center Of Northeastern Pennsylvania Charged With Wire Fraud

SCRANTON - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Angela Saar, age 51, of Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, was charged on July 25, 2024, in a Criminal Information with wire fraud.

The Criminal Information charges that from November 2018 to June 2022, while employed as the fiscal manager for the Children's Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania (CAC/NEPA), Saar engaged in a scheme to defraud the CAC/NEPA. The Criminal Information alleges that Saar diverted fraudulent payments of various kinds from CAC/NEPA bank accounts into her own personal bank accounts for her personal benefit. Some of the diverted payments involved fraudulent mileage reimbursements, while others involved Saar inflating her bi-weekly paychecks by thousands of dollars. The total amount of fraudulent diversions as alleged in the criminal information is $411,940.11.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Scranton Resident Office of the Philadelphia Division. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michelle Olshefski and Luisa Berti prosecuted the case.

The maximum penalty under federal law for this offense is 20 years in prison, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a maximum fine of $250,000. A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

Indictments are only allegations. All persons indicted are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court.

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