An Iowa City woman has been arrested and charged with the theft of $141,000 from the law office where she was working, according to sfgate.com. She remains in jail facing charges.
35-year old Kimberly Kurka is being accused of misappropriating money for two years while she was working at Foster Law Office in Iowa City and was arrested after an investigation and proof derived from a forensic fraud examiner. According to police reports from the investigation, Kurka committed the crime from 2008 to 2010.
The investigation reports revealed fraudulent checks and money transfers, paychecks that were not authorized and even credit card purchases totaling $141,000.
Foster Law Office specializes in criminal defense, personal injury law and other types of cases. Kurka was in charge of managing payroll, accounts, and other business related to accounts and funds with the company.
This gave Kurka easy access to the funds coming into and going out of the company. She is listed as the vice president of the company on at least two online business sites.
As of Monday, Kurka was still in Johnson County jail. He bail was set for $10,000 cash and her attorney's name was not listed on any online records.
Kimberly Kurka also goes by the name Kimberly Kutcher, according to online records. Kurka has a long criminal history, mostly in the area of driving and financial violations. No address is listed for her, but records show she does live in Oxford.
Kurka faces charges of first degree theft.
35-year old Kimberly Kurka is being accused of misappropriating money for two years while she was working at Foster Law Office in Iowa City and was arrested after an investigation and proof derived from a forensic fraud examiner. According to police reports from the investigation, Kurka committed the crime from 2008 to 2010.
The investigation reports revealed fraudulent checks and money transfers, paychecks that were not authorized and even credit card purchases totaling $141,000.
Foster Law Office specializes in criminal defense, personal injury law and other types of cases. Kurka was in charge of managing payroll, accounts, and other business related to accounts and funds with the company.
This gave Kurka easy access to the funds coming into and going out of the company. She is listed as the vice president of the company on at least two online business sites.
As of Monday, Kurka was still in Johnson County jail. He bail was set for $10,000 cash and her attorney's name was not listed on any online records.
Kimberly Kurka also goes by the name Kimberly Kutcher, according to online records. Kurka has a long criminal history, mostly in the area of driving and financial violations. No address is listed for her, but records show she does live in Oxford.
Kurka faces charges of first degree theft.
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