Manager Indicted for Embezzling $400,000 in Customer Payments

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted Cesar Raphael Barretto, age 43, of Severn, Maryland, on charges of wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to embezzle over $400,000 from U.S. Foods, Inc.

According to the indictment, Barretto was a territory manager for U.S. Foods, Inc., a company that distributes food and supplies to restaurants, hospitals, hotels, and other businesses. Barretto worked out of the U.S. Foods office in Severn, where he was responsible for helping customers place orders for U.S. Foods products.

The indictment alleges that from June 2010 through July 2012, Barretto defrauded one of U.S. Foods’ customers, American Pollo Restaurant Group, by diverting over $400,000 in payments he received on their account to pay for cases of food that Barretto ordered for himself under the account of another U.S. Foods customer, a bakery located in Langley, Maryland.

The indictment alleges that Barretto ordered cases of food from U.S. Foods for his own personal use, using the bakery customer’s account. Barretto paid for the unauthorized purchases by diverting a portion of the payments received from American Pollo to the bakery customer’s account.

Barretto faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each of nine counts of wire fraud. The indictment seeks the forfeiture of the proceeds of the scheme, which is at least $414,313.01.

An indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceedings.

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