Woman Charged with Stealing $1.2M from Employer to Gamble

A Minnesota woman is facing federal wire fraud charges, with prosecutors claiming that she has stolen more than $1.2 million from her employer and has used a significant part of this money to fuel her gambling habit. She is suspected of embezzling at least $1.26 million in fact.

Woman’s Gambling Addiction Pushes Her to Embezzle Funds from Company

A federal complaint was filed on Monday against the culprit, identified as B.M., who worked at a state-based truck sales and services company in 2017. She was in charge of human resources, which allowed her to perpetuate her scheme, which lasted through May 2025, when the scheme was uncovered.

Through fake wage garnishments, B.M. was able to siphon off the money to her personal accounts, which she then used to fuel her gambling lifestyle. 

She used separate ledgers, which further ensured that the transfers that she made out of the company were hidden among legitimate payments, making them harder to track down by her colleagues. 

The money then went into feeding her gambling habit and specifically her habit of playing pull-tab games, which could be a mitigating factor in her eventual appearance in court. 

No further details were released in her case, with the investigation still ongoing, and B.M. preparing to appear in court.