Former Calif. CU Accounting Manager Pleads Guilty to Fraud & Embezzlement

Stephanie Simontacchi runs fraudulent schemes, siphoning more than $800,000.

By Peter Strozniak | February 15, 2022 at 04:54 PM

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After a change of plea hearing held in U.S. District Court in San Francisco last week, Stephanie Simontacchi, a former accounting manager for a California credit union and a former assistant controller for a local hotel, will be sentenced in June.

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