私人助理盗走年迈雇主近1000万美元买奢侈品：在Brooklyn联邦法院获刑48个月，另判没收960万美元
美国司法部纽约东区联邦检察官办公室（USAO）宣布，住在纽约州纽约市 Queens 的私人助理 Catalina Corona 现年62岁，因长期诈骗年迈雇主、盗走近1000万美元，10月27日在纽约 Brooklyn 的联邦法院被判处48个月监禁，并被判没收960万美元；她已于2026年4月就电汇诈骗罪认罪，联邦地区法官 Nicholas G. Garaufis 主持量刑。
法院文件与法庭陈述显示，Corona 在2000年代初以秘书身份开始为受害人一（Victim-1）的公司工作；受害人一于2022年5月去世后，她继续担任其遗孀（受害人二）的私人助理。在任职期间，Corona 在雇主不知情、未同意的情况下，反复把雇主银行账户开出的数百张「现金」支票存入自己名下，累计盗走近1000万美元，用于支付信用卡账单和购买奢侈品。调查显示，她用赃款在 Louis Vuitton 消费约111.7万美元、在 Cartier 消费约12.55万美元、在 Gucci 消费近30万美元、在 Apple 消费约30.5万美元，并租用两个仓储单元藏匿赃物，执法人员持搜查令从其住所与仓储单元中估算查出300多件奢侈品。
联邦检察官 Joseph Nocella Jr. 表示：「今天的判决让被告为其处心积虑的骗局负责——她从信任她打理财务多年的年迈雇主手中窃取了近1000万美元。」联邦调查局（FBI）纽约外勤办公室助理主管 James C. Barnacle Jr. 表示，FBI 会追踪赃款去向、把犯罪者绳之以法。本案由 FBI 调查，助理联邦检察官 Rebecca M. Urquiola 负责起诉。
Personal Assistant Who Stole Nearly $10 Million From Elderly Employers Sentenced to 48 Months in Brooklyn Federal Court, Ordered to Forfeit $9.6 Million
A Queens personal assistant was sentenced on October 27 in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to 48 months in prison for wire fraud in connection with a long-running scheme to defraud her elderly employers, U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella, Jr. for the Eastern District of New York announced. Catalina Corona, 62, of Queens, was also ordered to pay $9.6 million in forfeiture. She pleaded guilty to the charge in April 2026, and U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis imposed the sentence.
According to court filings and statements in court, Corona began her professional relationship with Victim-1 in the early 2000s as a secretary for his company. After Victim-1 passed away in May 2022, she continued as a personal assistant for his wife. While working for the victims, Corona repeatedly deposited hundreds of checks written out to cash — made payable to herself — from the victims' bank accounts without their knowledge or consent. In total she stole nearly $10 million, used to pay her credit card bills and purchase luxury items: approximately $1,117,000 at Louis Vuitton, approximately $125,500 at Cartier, nearly $300,000 at Gucci and approximately $305,000 at Apple. She hid the items in two rented storage units, where law enforcement estimated more than 300 luxury items were stashed.
"Today's sentence holds the defendant accountable for a calculated scheme to steal nearly $10 million from her elderly employers who had entrusted her with their financial affairs for many years," stated U.S. Attorney Nocella. The case was investigated by the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca M. Urquiola.
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