Bethel Park woman who previously stole from cheerleaders sentenced for wire fraud
United States Attorney David Hickton announced Feb. 19 that Mary L. Schneir, 42, of Fruitwood Drive, was sentenced to two years, three months in prison for bilking $54,145 from her former Upper St. Clair employer.
After serving time, Schneir will be on three years of supervised release and have to pay $270,085 in restitution to Cybergenetics Corporation. She was employed as a bookkeeper and office manager at Karna C. Goldsmith, C.P.A., an accounting firm located at 2555 Washington Road.
While at the firm, she used funds from Goldsmith clients to pay for credit cards and mortgage bills. An electronic transfer on Feb. 28, 2013, of $54,145 from Cybergenetics Corp. was one of the more blatant demonstrations of the fraud scheme. Schneir would regularly move money back and forth between clients’ accounts in an attempt to hide the activity.
Schneir was previously sentenced in March 2014 to 30 days in jail and was ordered to pay back nearly $19,000 she stole from the Bethel Park Junior Cheerleaders organization over a two-year period.