Ventura County woman arrested in Ojai for fraud worth over $750,000 of Carpinteria business | News Channel 3-12

Ventura County woman arrested in Ojai for fraud worth over $750,000 of Carpinteria business | News Channel 3-12

CARPINTERIA, Calif. – Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested Angela Elizabeth Phillips for fraud and embezzlement worth over $750,000. SBCSO detectives learned the 53-year-old woman worked for an organic food supplement business at the 500-block of Maple Avenue and built up $48,000 in credit card fraud while embezzling $705,000 more over a four-year period. SBCSO detectives helped arrest the Phillips alongside Ventura County S…

Carpinteria business employee suspected of fraud, embezzlement

The Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Office arrested a Ventura County woman suspected of more than $750,000 in white-collar crimes.Sheriffs officials say their investigation started in February when an organic food supplement business on Maple Avenue in Carpinteria reported suspected embezzlement.Detectives identified the suspect as an employee, 53-year-old Angela Elizabeth Phillips of Oak View.According to the sheriffs office, in less than four ye…

Woman charged with embezzlement in Carpinteria, again

By KAREN VELIE Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a 53-year-old woman today for allegedly embezzling more than $750,000 from a business in Carpinteria. In February, an organic food supplement business in the 500-block of Maple Avenue reported suspected embezzlement. Through their investigation, detectives learned that 53-year-old Angela Phillips, an employee at the business, had […]