SANTA ANA (CNS) - A former controller for two Anaheim-based companies pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to embezzling nearly $3.1 million.
Rosalba Meza, 48, of Coto de Caza, also admitted in the plea agreement that she did not report taxes on her illegal income and fraudulently applied for Paycheck Protection Program relief during the COVID-19 pandemic and received $20,569, prosecutors said.
Meza held various positions at Anaheim-based Trilogy Plumbing Inc. from 2003 through January 2020, embezzling the money from around 2017 through 2020 when she was fired, prosecutors said. Her annual salary was about $65,000, according to prosecutors.
Meza told executives in February 2019 that Trilogy Plumbing Inc. and Matrix Management failed to make payroll, prosecutors said. In April 2019 the companies came under IRS scrutiny for unpaid payroll taxes, prosecutors said.
Meza falsely told her bosses that she did not pay the quarterly payroll taxes to instead cover payroll, prosecutors said. Meza, however, had taken the money for herself, prosecutors said.
Meza was scheduled to be sentenced April 17.
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