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FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo woman has been given a five-year suspended sentence for felony theft after pleading guilty to stealing over $80,000 from her employer.
Kelly Tweiten will be on probation for three years and was given credit for four days served.
According to court documents, Tweiten transferred money into her personal banking account, and wrote fraudulent checks to herself from Dietrich Homes where she worked as a financial manager. The theft came to light after the business’s owner noticed irregularities in the business account in January.
Tweiten wrote five checks to herself totaling over $15,000. She also made purchases on her company credit card, and then used the business account to pay the charges before the owner saw them. On one occasion Tweiten direct-deposited $7,000 into her personal account from her office computer.
A separate restitution hearing will be set at a later date.
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