Yonkers bookkeeper pleads guilty to embezzlement

Wayne Diecchio, a bookkeeper from Yonkers pleaded guilty recently to embezzling more than $76,000 over a 5 1/2-year period from a temporary employment agency.  Diecchio stole the money by making numerous unauthorized ATM withdrawals, writing unearned petty cash and payroll checks to himself, and paying his personal credit card debts through electronic transfers from company funds. According to a statement from the District Attorney, Diecchio's thefts caused the company to go out of business.

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