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Aurelia Stanton, Embezzlement, Maryland 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – In a shocking case of corporate betrayal, Aurelia Stanton, 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from her former employer.
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division Wayne A. Jacobs.
Aurelia Stanton pleaded guilty in September 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to bank fraud.
According to the government’s evidence, Stanton worked as an office manager from approximately June 2014 through May 2017 for a business, identified in court documents as “Company A.”
From August 2015 through May 2017, Stanton embezzled more than $233,000 writing checks to herself on the company’s check stock.
She used a computer software program to conceal the fraudulent disbursements by editing the company’s bank statements to remove references to the fraudulently drafted, forged, and negotiated checks.
In total, she deposited 187 checks with forged signatures.
Stanton will be placed on five years of supervised release following her prison term and must pay about $233,000 in restitution and an identical amount in a forfeiture money judgment.
U.S. Attorney Graves commended the work of the FBI’s Washington Field Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for their efforts in bringing Stanton to justice.
Aurelia Stanton, a 40-year-old Baltimore woman, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for embezzling over $230,000 from her former employer in Washington, D.C.
Mandatory Facts: Defendant: Aurelia Stanton, Crime: Bank Fraud, City and State: Washington, D.C., Date: September 2021, Sentence: 33 months in prison, Fine: $466,000 in restitution and forfeiture money judgment.
Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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