Merrick Woman Embezzled more than $90K from Employer

John Mitty Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Just two weeks ago, a Merrick woman was charged with embezzling almost half a million in funds from her employer, and just this week, another woman in Merrickwas charged with a similar crime.  Heather DiConstanzo, 46, was charged with grand larceny after she stole $90,593 from her employer in Roosevelt.  DiConstanzo worked for a waterproofing subcontractor as a comptroller and already made $90,000 a year legally.  DiConstanzo was given an American Express card to use for company expenses. 

Over the course of seven years, DiConstanzo used her company card for more than just business expenses.  Her unauthorized expenses included air transit and lodgings for personal vacations, household appliances, and tickets to concerts and theater shows.  While it is hard to believe a company could misplace $90,000 without noticing, as the comptroller, DiConstanzo abused her position to cover up her expenditures.  For seven years her transgressions went unobserved, until she was finally caught while on vacation last year in January.  Another employee realized that some of the credit card bill pages were missing from the company logs.  Now, a year later, she faces charges which could add up to 15 years in prison and restitution.  In the meantime of course, she has been fired from her position at the company. 

jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com

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