Former manager charged with $400K fraud of Children Advocacy Center in NEPA

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The former fiscal manager for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania (CAC/NEPA) is accused of a scheme to defraud the organization.

According to the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 51-year-old Angela Saar, of Olyphant, engaged in a scheme to defraud the CAC/NEPA.

Investigators stated from November 2018 to June 2022, while employed as the fiscal manager for CAC/NEPA, Saar diverted payments of various kinds from CAC/NEPA bank accounts into her own personal bank accounts for her personal use.

Some of the diverted payments involved fraudulent mileage reimbursements, while others involved Saar inflating her bi-weekly paychecks by thousands of dollars, the charges alleged.

As stated in the release, the total amount of diversions is $411,940.11.

The maximum penalty for this offense is 20 years in prison, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a maximum fine of $250,000.

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