Angelia Zwick, Embezzlement, Ohio 2013

CINCINNATI, Ohio – Angelia Zwick, a/k/a Angelia Strunk, 45, of Cincinnati, has been charged with a serious crime.

A federal grand jury has indicted Zwick on one count of wire fraud and three counts of willfully filing a false income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The indictment alleges that from approximately July 2009 through May 2013, Zwick worked for a Cincinnati employer and devised a scheme to defraud her employer by embezzling funds in excess of her authorized pay and compensation.

According to the indictment, Zwick allegedly wired the stolen funds from her employer’s bank account to a bank account for Amerihealth and Life Solutions, LLC (“Amerihealth”), a company owned by Zwick.

Zwick allegedly took the refunds intended for her employer’s clients and diverted those refunds into bank accounts controlled by Zwick in the amount of approximately $328,000.

The indictment also alleges that Zwick filed false income tax returns with the IRS for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 income tax years.

No sentence has been handed down yet, as Zwick is currently presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

“No matter what the source of income, all income is taxable,” said Kathy A. Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office. “The prosecution of individuals who intentionally conceal income and evade taxes is a vital element of the IRS’ enforcement strategy.”

Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, commended the investigation of this case by the IRS and U.S. Secret Service, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Mangan, who is prosecuting the case.

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