Ex-Greenwich Worker Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud

A 47-year-old woman pleaded to one count of wire fraud stemming from her theft of more than $250,000 from her former Greenwich employer.

According to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly, Dawn Mininberg, 47, of Easton, worked for the unidentified Greenwich company, and was issued an American Express corporate credit card for business purposes.

In waiving her right to indictment in federal court in Bridgeport, Mininberg admitted that she charged more than $250,000 in personal expenses to her corporate credit card. The charges were for clothing, theater tickets, children’s parties and lessons, charitable donations, vacations and the purchase of an $11,000 jungle gym, according to the announcement.

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Mininberg hid the expenses by categorizing them as office supplies, meals, meetings and lodging.

Judge Stefan R. Underhill is scheduled Minineberg’s sentencing for April 8. She could face a maximum sentence of imprisonment of 20 years.

The case was investigated by the Connecticut Financial Crimes Task Force, the United States Secret Service and the Greenwich Police Department, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ray Miller.