A former Glendora Unified employee plead guilty Wednesday to fraud and embezzlement of several hundred thousand dollars from the school district.
Cynthia Schlig, 57, also admitted in a negotiated disposition to special allegations of a complaint under Penal Code 186.11(a) committing two or more related felonies, sometimes referred to as an aggravated white collar crime. Schlig was ordered to pay back $430,682 and 34 cents to the district, court officials said.
She was given five years of formal probation. She was credited for time served on 184 days and ordered to serve 270 hours of house arrest, court officials said.
Schlig, a 35-year employee of the district, was arrested in August 2013 by Glendora Police detectives after a 19-month investigation was conducted on the missing funds.
District officials noticed funding went missing in January 2012.
The former employee of the district's finance department used "an elaborate scheme to hide cash deposits, masking incoming cash with check deposits, and altering financial documents including ledgers and receipts,” said Glendora Lieutenant Brian Summers in a statement.
"I’m very pleased with the work of the Glendora Police Department, the District Attorney’s Office and our own staff in bringing this to a successful conclusion. The cooperation and mutual support allowed for a successful prosecution," said Robert Voors, Superintendent of the Glendora Unified School District.
"This was a very complex case that required a tremendous amount of financial analysis. I’m pleased that the restitution will not only include the money that was stolen, but the costs incurred by us to investigate the theft," Voors said.
