Crime & Safety

Woman Accused Of Stealing $100,000 From Bergen Business: Police

Stefany Urias changed her personal bank account checks and money orders that were made payable to a food distribution company: Authorities.

Stefany Urias, 32, of Paterson was charged with theft, forgery, and falsifying records.
Stefany Urias, 32, of Paterson was charged with theft, forgery, and falsifying records. (Bergen County Prosecutor's Office)

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A woman is accused of stealing more than $100,000 from a Bergen County company, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

Stefany Urias, 32, of Paterson, was charged with theft, forgery, falsifying records, and computer criminal activity, Musella said. She was arrested and charged following an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Financial Crimes Unit.

The unit received a complaint in August that Urias, who worked for a Bergen County-based wholesale food distribution company, took customer payments via checks and money orders without her employer's authorization, Musella said.

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The investigation revealed that Urias altered and deposited to her personal bank account checks and money orders totaling more than $100,000 that were made payable to the food company, Musella said.

Urias was arrested Tuesday. She is scheduled for a first appearance in Central Judicial Court in Hackensack Sept. 25.

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