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Ex-worker faces 91 forgery counts

A Little Rock woman faces 91 felony counts of forgery after investigators found that she wrote more than $100,000 in unauthorized company checks, according to arrest reports.

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On July 8, Pulaski County sheriff's investigators took a call from Stephan Neal -- head of Excel TDS of Tennessee in Little Rock -- who claimed that he caught a former employee and bookkeeper embezzling funds from the company checking account.

The missing money was brought to Neal's attention in early May, when a receptionist gave him a copy of a check to the employee, Wende Walraven, for $762.48, an affidavit said.

When he confronted Walraven about the unauthorized check, which required his and another manager's approval, she said that she would make restitution through an attorney, according to the document.

A company audit revealed that since Walraven was hired in January 2012, there were 91 checks written for $103,152.75, most of which were paid to her.

Walraven was arrested early Thursday on Stagecoach Road and charged with 91 felony counts of forgery, as well as one felony count of theft of property.

Metro on 07/18/2014

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