The former bookkeeper of a Mukilteo, Wash.-based commercial flooring company was convicted of embezzling more than $400,000 from the business over a period of six years.
Jodi Hamrick conspired with David M. Gluth, the co-owner of Gluth Contract Flooring, to siphon funds from the business and defraud the silent partner who funded the business, according to the Department of Justice. Between 2011 and 2016, Hamrick stole from company accounts to pay for a home mortgage, vacations and shopping bills.
Along with Gluth, Hamrick also took out loans without the knowledge or permission of the silent co-owner. “The two used the company funds for a variety of personal expenses,” stated the DOJ, which obtained detailed evidence of the crimes from Skype messages between Hamrick and Gluth. “The lies and deceit in this scheme involved forged signatures, forged documents, altered records, secret bank accounts, secret credit cards, false bookkeeping entries, and false statements in declarations and court filings.”
The flooring company went bankrupt in 2016, saddling the co-owner with debt. Gluth was charged in November 2020 and sentenced to two years in prison and restitution of $325,000 in 2021.
All told, Hamrick was convicted of four counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of conspiracy. Her sentencing is scheduled for April 26.
