Worker steals nearly $2 million from her Indiana boss, then hides evidence, feds say
An Indiana woman was sentenced to prison after officials said she stole nearly $2 million from her employer then tried to hide evidence.
Marcie Jean Doty, 47, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud, failure to file tax returns and filing false tax returns, according to a March 17 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana.
McClatchy News reached out to Doty’s attorney but did not immediately hear back.
Doty worked as an operations manager for a property management company in Evansville. Between May 2017 and June 2022, she stole roughly $1.8 million from the business, according to officials.
During the five-year period, Doty wrote herself 279 unauthorized checks and 99 automated clearing house transfers, officials said. The money was sent from her employer’s bank accounts to her personal accounts, according to prosecutors.
She then made false entries into the company’s accounting software making it seem as if the checks were written to her employer, officials said.
Prosecutors also said Doty failed to report the income on her tax returns from 2018 to 2020, then failed to file taxes in 2021 and 2022.
“Through the defendant’s egregious scheme, she used her position of trust to lie, cheat, and steal from her employer and the government- helping herself to millions and cooking the books to hide the evidence,” John E. Childress, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, said. “Fraud and embezzlement can have devastating effects on both individual victims and companies.”
Doty was ordered to pay $2,517,343 in restitution.
Evansville is about a 175-mile drive southwest of Indianapolis.
This story was originally published March 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM with the headline "Worker steals nearly $2 million from her Indiana boss, then hides evidence, feds say."
