Dionne Castro, Wire Fraud, Virginia 2016

Defendant Name, Crime, State Year

Dionne Castro, 42, has been charged in a scheme to defraud her former employer, a Virginia law firm. Castro, aka Trinity Castro, was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of wire fraud.

The indictment alleges that Castro, who was formerly employed as the office manager, was solely responsible for payroll administration and bank statement reconciliation. She submitted fraudulent payroll requests to the law firm’s bank account, causing funds to be dispersed to her personal bank accounts in Florida and Pennsylvania.

Castro also falsified the law firm’s QuickBooks accounting records to conceal her fraud and embezzlement, enriching herself in the process. The charge of wire fraud carries a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison and potential financial penalties.

The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Lallas of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia is prosecuting the case.

An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of criminal laws and every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty.

Castro’s scheme allegedly began in 2009 and continued through 2011. The indictment was returned in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 2016 and ordered unsealed today.

U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Timothy M. Dunham, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Washington Field Office, announced the indictment.

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