Norwalk Woman Offered Deal in Nearly $200K Theft From Company: Report

NORWALK, CT — A Norwalk woman accused of stealing nearly $200,000 from a company in Darien has been offered a plea deal by state prosecutors, according to Darien Times.

Under the deal, Daria Opolski would plead guilty to two counts of first-degree larceny in exchange for two years in prison, Darien Times reported.

Opolski turned herself in on an active arrest warrant in September 2022 stemming from an incident that was reported in August of that year.

"The victim came to police headquarters to report a larceny involving a large sum of money embezzled from her business account by one of her employees," Darien police said in a news release at the time. "The victim reported that the employee she suspects was Opolski."

Police said that while the victim was reviewing the company's financial records, she found some discrepancies and noticed payments were made to credit cards that did not belong to the company.

It was discovered that over $50,000 had been embezzled from the business account over the years, police said.

"Opolski was questioned regarding these claims. Opolski admitted that she wrote several checks and made them payable to a family member's company," police said at the time. "Opolski stated that the victim trusted her and would not review any of the documents she needed to be signed."

Opolski told police that after the documents were signed, she would change the information in QuickBooks to the name of a company that would be recognizable, police said.

Police said they reviewed additional records going back to 2017 and found $144,533 had been embezzled from the account.

Opolski was originally charged with first-degree larceny, embezzlement, first-degree identity theft and second-degree forgery.

According to the CT Judicial Branch website, Opolski is out on bond and scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 25.

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Written by Richard Kaufman, Patch Staff