By james art LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Emily Ann Anderson has agreed to plead guilty to unauthorized access device transactions, using a “fictitious” consulting firm and other methods to embezzle more than $2.7 million from a Lubbock law firm .
Federal court documents say Anderson used three different methods to embezzle from the firm: unauthorized use of the firm’s credit cards, withdrawals from the firm’s operating account and unauthorized increases in her bonus pay.
Anderson has worked for the firm as an accountant since 2018. The firm was notified that she issued checks from the firm to her consulting group in May 2024. She has now admitted to making unauthorized transactions with intent to defraud from November 2022 to May 2024
The firm brought in forensic accounting experts to investigate, finding that Anderson had “issued 278 unauthorized payments totaling $2,435,364.60 from [the firm’s] operating account and converted those funds to her own use and benefit.” Accountants also found 186 transactions on her Amazon account made with the law firm’s credit card, totaling $38,177.86. She also took three different unauthorized increases to her bonus: $30,000 in 2022, $115,000 in 2023 and $125,000 in 2024.
Anderson was fired from her position in May and now faces up to 15 years in prison if her plea is accepted.
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