A former employee is charged with stealing more than $30,000 from an Upper Burrell trucking company and its owners while working there in 2017.
Westmoreland County detectives allege Mary Jane Mousley, 51, of Irwin, used the money for herself, in one case spending at least $2,000 to pay personal bills.
The alleged thefts happened from January to November 2017, when Mousley was working as an accountant and bookkeeper for Alley Cat Transport Inc.
Mousley could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
County detectives met with one of the business owners last March.
The owner, who co-owns the business with her husband, told detectives Mousley used bank cards linked to their business and personal accounts to make purchases they didn’t authorize and appeared to be for Mousley’s benefit, according to a criminal complaint.
Mousley allegedly failed to pay the owners’ property taxes, even though the owners had written and signed checks for that purpose. Mousley also pocketed money given to her to make a car payment for the owners’ daughter, the complaint said.
In an interview with detectives, Mousley said the things she charged to the couple’s bank cards were for their benefit. Charges were made to Scentsy, Amazon, Hulu, Walmart, Target and Fragrance.net, according to the complaint.
Mousley added that she paid the owners back for the car payment with her own money and she paid the owners’ taxes with her own money because there wasn’t enough money in the account, the complaint said.
Mousley faces multiple felony counts of theft and access device fraud.
A warrant has been issued for her arrest. She remained at large as of Thursday morning.
