Winston-Salem church’s director of finance embezzles in excess of $27,000

A girl fraudulently acquired around $27,000 from a church whilst employed as the church’s director of finance, law enforcement explained. The Winston-Salem Police division began an investigation at the request of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and users of the St. Leo the Good Catholic Church on Springdale Avenue.Info about possible fraudulent exercise of a member and Director of Finance of the church was offered to detectives.Marilyn Veronica Bertelsen, 61, was discovered as the particular person. Immediately after acquiring stories, detectives identified that Bertelsen fraudulently received a total of $27,930.03 from St. Leo the Excellent Catholic Church from Feb 15, 2018, until eventually March 17, 2020. On Friday, detectives arrested Bertelsen and billed her with a few felony counts of acquiring house by fake pretense.She was detained in the Forsyth County Legislation Enforcement Detention Centre and issued a $7,500 bond. In a statement, the church’s Father Gober stated that the church was totally reimbursed for the economic decline by their insurance plan.”Be assured that no other previous or recent team were being associated in this make a difference in any way,” Gober reported.Any one with any data pertaining to this investigation is requested to call the Winston-Salem Law enforcement Section at 336-773-7700.