行政助理十年盗用雇主近1800万美元认罪：挥霍于名牌手袋、劳力士与私人飞机
位于加利福尼亚州 El Dorado County 的 El Dorado Hills 11月2日公布一宗雇员盗窃案件：一名女子向联邦法院认罪，承认在担任行政助理的十年间盗用雇主近1,800万美元，用于偿还自己的奢侈消费。
被告 Lizbeth Guadalupe Sherman 现年47岁，住 El Dorado Hills。她于11月2日就一项电信诈骗罪认罪。联邦检察官 Eric Grant 当天宣布了这一认罪；案件在加州东区联邦地区法院审理，认罪地 Sacramento 位于 Sacramento County。
根据法庭文件，Sherman 曾任一名退休湾区风险投资人的行政助理，职责包括支付雇主的信用卡开支，并获准动用雇主的银行账户。2015年9月至2025年5月间，她滥用这一权限，盗走近1,800万美元偿还自己高额的信用卡账单。
司法部表示，她用赃款花费数万美元购买奢侈手袋、劳力士手表，享受度假村级假期、私人飞机出行与车辆，并装修其位于 El Dorado Hills 的一处价值200万美元的住宅。她还把用雇主资金购买的设计师产品放到网上转售变现，仅2025年九个月内就在一个平台获利逾45万美元。
2025年12月，执法人员搜查其住所，查获逾1,500件奢侈品，多数保持全新状态、原包装与吊牌俱在，陈列于住所各处；一间衣帽间顶层摆满数十个 Louis Vuitton 手袋、多双 Christian Louboutin 长靴，以及一柜用赃款购得的异域皮草手袋。住所其他地方还查获更多设计师手袋、劳力士手表与高档葡萄酒。
根据认罪协议，Sherman 须没收相关资产，并向雇主赔偿近1,800万美元。法官 William B. Shubb 已将量刑定于2027年3月22日；她最高面临20年监禁与25万美元罚款，实际刑期将由法院按法定因素与联邦量刑指南裁定。
案件由国税局刑事调查局（IRS-CI）主查，联邦调查局（FBI）与美国法警局资产没收计划协助，助理检察官 Dhruv M. Sharma 与 Kevin C. Khasigian 代表政府起诉。
（来源：美国司法部）
Lizbeth Guadalupe Sherman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $18 Million From Her Employer Over a Decade
El Dorado Hills, in El Dorado County, California, saw an employee-theft case resolved on November 2: a woman pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing nearly $18 million from her employer over a decade while working as an executive assistant, using the money to pay her own extravagant credit card bills.
The defendant, Lizbeth Guadalupe Sherman, 47, of El Dorado Hills, pleaded guilty on November 2 to one count of wire fraud. U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced the plea. The case is being heard in the Eastern District of California; the plea was entered in Sacramento, in Sacramento County.
According to court documents, Sherman worked as an executive assistant to a retired Bay Area venture capitalist. In that role she was tasked with paying her employer's credit card expenses and was granted access to her employer's bank account. Between September 2015 and May 2025, Sherman abused that access and stole nearly $18 million.
The Justice Department said she spent tens of thousands of dollars on luxury handbags, Rolex watches, resort-level vacations, private jet travel, and vehicles, and on improvements to a $2 million residence in El Dorado Hills. She also resold designer products bought with the employer's money on online platforms, earning more than $450,000 on one platform over nine months in 2025.
In December 2025, law enforcement executed a search warrant at her residence and recovered more than 1,500 luxury items, most in mint condition with original packaging and tags intact, stored and displayed throughout the residence. In a closet, officers found dozens of Louis Vuitton handbags lining the top shelf, many pairs of Christian Louboutin boots, and a display case full of handbags made of exotic furs acquired with proceeds of the fraud.
As part of the plea agreement, Sherman is subject to forfeiture and restitution to her employer of nearly $18 million. She is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb on March 22, 2027, and faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine; the actual sentence will be determined by the court after consideration of applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
IRS Criminal Investigation conducted the investigation with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Marshals Service Asset Forfeiture Program. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Dhruv M. Sharma and Kevin C. Khasigian are prosecuting the case.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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