Rebecca Block Pleads Guilty in $190K Embezzlement Scheme

Rebecca Block, 43, of Windsor, walked into a federal courtroom in Bridgeport today and admitted she stole $190,399 from her employer over four years — then lied to the IRS about it. The hard numbers don’t lie: between 2010 and 2013, Block bled PG Life Planning Associates dry, funneling company checks into her personal bank account like clockwork.

As office manager at the West Hartford firm, Block had access — and she exploited it ruthlessly. She issued checks payable to herself, then buried the theft in accounting records by labeling the payouts as legitimate business expenses. No oversight, no alarms. Just cold, calculated fraud stacking up year after year.

The embezzled total: $190,399. The tax fallout: $42,004 in unpaid income taxes across four federal returns. Block didn’t report a dime of that stolen cash as income — a move that landed her not in a fraud trial, but in a federal tax plea deal.

She pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false tax return — a felony carrying up to three years behind bars. U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing for May 22, 2018. No indictment was necessary; Block waived that right, likely to secure favorable terms.

Now she’s on the hook for full restitution: $190,399 to PG Life Planning Associates and $42,004 — plus interest and penalties — to the IRS. For now, she’s free on a $40,000 bond, but that freedom hangs by a thread until sentencing.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division ran this case from the start. No flashy sting, no wiretaps — just forensic accounting and relentless scrutiny. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher W. Schmeisser is prosecuting. When the gavel drops in May, Block’s choices will finally catch up with her.