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A federal grand jury has returned a 10-count indictment alleging a Clearfield woman embezzled about $885,000 from two employers.
Teri Ann Jarvis, 41, is charged with mail and wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for the alleged embezzlement from October 2006 to about September 2013.
Jarvis, who also went by the names Teri James and Teri Jaris, was an employee of Positive Power LLC of Ogden from about October 2006 to September 2013 when she helped manage company finances.
The indictment handed up Wednesday alleges that she forged Positive Power checks to make them payable to herself, her mortgage company, for a car loan and credit card bills. She attributed fictitious expenses to closed or terminated work orders to conceal her embezzlement, the indictment alleges.
From about March 2014 through October 2014, Jarvis was an employee of Bronco Fence Co, in Kaysville, where she also helped manage the office and company finances.
Jarvis used the name Teri James in her employment application with Bronco Fence to conceal her identity and avoid detection of her previous embezzlement from Positive Power, the indictment says.
Jarvis allegedly provided false refund information to a merchant services company so that it would transfer money to her personal bank account. She then claimed the losses as "material expenses" in Bronco Fence records, the grand jury alleges.
Jarvis is charged with four counts of mail fraud, five counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. She faces maximum sentences of 20 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000 for each wire and mail fraud count if convicted. The aggravated identity theft count carries a mandatory minimum two-year sentence.
A summons will be issued to Jarvis to appear in federal court in Salt Lake City, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for Utah, which is prosecuting Jarvis.
The case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation special agents, the Weber County Sheriff's Office and the Kaysville Police Department.