Massachusetts woman charged with wire fraud from two employers

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WWLP) – A woman from Dartmouth pleaded guilty in connection with embezzling money from multiple employers.

According to the Department of Justice in Boston, 41-year-old Jasmyne Botelho allegedly stole at least $280,000 from her employer between September 2017 and April 2020. To hide her scheme, Botelho falsified her employer’s books and records to make it appear payments had been sent to vendors rather than to Botelho.

She also allegedly inflated her payroll from another employer by more than $160,000 between May 2022 and December 2023. To hide this scheme, she manipulated her employer’s payroll and accounting software to hide her inflated payroll as well as phony “reimbursements” she paid herself.

Botelho pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced on December 18th. She faces up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.

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