Two Women Accused of Ripping Off Cash Meant For Cemetery Graves
Two women who worked at a northern New Jersey cemetery are accused of pocketing thousands of dollars which was money meant for graves, authorities said on Friday.
[su_center_ad]NBC New York reports:
Bergen County prosecutors charged Denise Dagostino, 50, and Kathy Barbier, 42, both of Garfield, New Jersey, with theft by deception with the missing payments. Dagostino was also charged with falsifying records. Barbier was also charged with conspiracy to commit theft by deception.
Approximately $180,000 was taken from customers who paid for cemetery plots and mausoleum crypts. The former cemetery employees used the cash for their personal use, prosecutors say.
An investigation was launched by the prosecutor’s office after the pastor of St. Mary’s Assumption Church alerted them to concerns about the financial management of St. Mary’s Cemetery.
The women are being held in lieu of bail.
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Spirit of America November 8th, 2014 at 8:03 am
Gotta love a pastor that looks at the books now and then…
PS- up & working early on a saturday Anomaly100?
Anomaly 100 November 8th, 2014 at 8:05 am
Everyday. I get up at an ungodly hour each morning. What I’m saying is, I have no life:-(
Spirit of America November 8th, 2014 at 8:08 am
You are read and liked by many people just by going on this site’s reaction to you… I’d say not a bad life at all.
Anomaly 100 November 8th, 2014 at 8:42 am
You’re very kind to say that.
Spirit of America November 8th, 2014 at 8:57 am
Just an observation.
Tommy6860 November 8th, 2014 at 9:24 am
Who says you can’t steal money from a dead market :P.
Larry Schmitt November 8th, 2014 at 12:28 pm
Couple of sweethearts, these two are. Just looking at them, I don’t think the money they would have made from their scheme would have made them any happier.