Ex-Controller for Anaheim Companies Gets 5 Years for Embezzlement
SANTA ANA. Calif.—A former controller for two Anaheim-based companies was sentenced April 17 to more than five years in federal prison for embezzling about $3 million.
Rosalba Meza, 48, of Dana Point, pleaded guilty Dec. 12 to embezzlement, cheating on her taxes, and fraudulently applying for Paycheck Protection Program relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, receiving $20,569, prosecutors said.
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, who sentenced Meza to 63 months in prison, also ordered her to pay $4,192,470 in restitution.
Meza held various positions at Anaheim-based Trilogy Plumbing Inc. from 2003 through January 2020, embezzling the money from around 2017 through 2020 when she was fired, prosecutors said. Her annual salary was about $65,000, according to prosecutors….