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Conviction In Waste Mgt Embezzlement Case

Posted: Jan. 26, 2017 2:14 PM PST

It’s a guilty verdict for a former employee charged with embezzling a Waste Management recycling center. A Nevada County jury deliberated for a short amount of time before convicting Randal Gassaway of all three felony charges. That included falsifying invoices for redeemed recyclables at the McCourtney Road Transfer Station, between 2012 and 2014. District Attorney Cliff Newell says it was a difficult case…

click to listen to Cliff Newell

Newell praised Assistant D-A Jim Phillips for his work in prosecuting the case. He says since Gassaway embezzled over $100,000 it qualified as what he calls an “aggravated white collar crime”, with a possible sentence of over 10 years in prison…

click to listen to Cliff Newell

Gassaway was also seen on surveillance video preparing invoices with no customer present. But Newell credits the efforts of a forensic auditor hired by Waste Management in providing more conclusive evidence.

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