WESTFIELD – A former office manager has been ordered to pay $25,000 restitution after he was arraigned on a charge of larceny of property by a single scheme but the police account of his crimes suggest that he had actually engaged in several schemes to steal from his employer.
Det. Todd Edwards reports in a court document that Sean P. Clancy, 51, of 31 Whitaker St., Springfield, had been the only person at the company with complete access to his company’s books and account and stole a total of $38,865.22 from the company in a variety of ways.
Clancey gave himself a raise, Edwards reports, and also reported fraudulent overtime and made out fraudulent company checks to himself, his landlord and ‘cash’. In addition, Clancey misused the company credit card, made overpayments to his direct deposit account and diverted cash which should have been deposited in the company’s bank account.
He also wrote that records pertaining to checks which had been written to benefit Clancy were found to have been deleted or altered to show a different payee.
Edwards reports that the company owner did not have complete access to the company’s records and bank account “because Mr. Clancey always had an excuse as why not to provide it to him.”
A witness provided Edwards with extensive paperwork to document Clancey’s depredations.
A criminal complaint was filed in June, 2013, and the case was resolved Thursday when Judge William Rota placed Clancey on pretrial probation for 18 months and ordered him to pay restitution.
