Discounting the obvious inaccuracies of this story, a couple statements in particular jumped out at me:
"These court documents allege that she used her position as office manager and access to company funds "to schedule electronic payments for personal expenses that had been charged to chopping accounts and a BP Solutions/FleetCor Funding credit card," she said"
Not sure who 'she' is they're referring to, or what a "chopping account" is, but reading between the poorly written lines, it seems likely Lawrence was setting up automatic electronic payments to her checking account labeled as expense payments. The company books should have shown how much was spent on reimbursable expenses for each month, or at least a quarter. The Owner, CFO, Business Manager, or whomever responsible should have picked up on all the unassigned expenses, or patterns of payments to this woman in particular. Since they mentioned a company credit/fuel card, my guess is she was claiming to pay that particular credit charge, then 'reimbursing' herself double what the actual charge was. That's where the wire fraud claim comes from.
"As a general manager of Bristol Broadcasting, Lawrence had access to the stamp signature of Bristol Broadcasting and is also being accused of writing checks to herself using the stamp signature to authorize them."
Now there's a textbook example of the dumbest thing a station owner or CFO can do. You don't have your signature on a friggin rubber stamp! What the Hell? That's inviting someone who sees the opportunity to rip off the company. 'They don't pay me what I'm worth, so I'll just make up the difference and they'll never know.'
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