Ex-Cape Cod Bookkeeper Gets Prison In $1.3 Million Embezzlement Case

FALMOUTH, MA — The former bookkeeper for a Falmouth flooring company was sentenced to prison for embezzling more than $1.3 million from her employer.

Susan Figuerido, 73, of Falmouth, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to two years in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. Figuerido was also ordered to pay $1,714,921.01 in restitution.

In October 2025, Figuerido pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return.

Between June 2015 and February 2023, Figuerido embezzled more than $1.3 million from her employer by writing checks to herself drawn on her employer’s bank account, officials said. To conceal her scheme, Figuerido did not record the checks that she wrote to herself in her employer’s accounting system.

Figuerido did not report or include the funds that she embezzled on her federal income tax filings, resulting in a tax loss of approximately $353,000.