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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A former accountant with the University of Utah theater department has been charged with the theft of more than $123,000 in cash and goods from her employer between 2006 and this year.
Jara Wimmer was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with theft, money laundering and communications fraud, all second-degree felonies.
The 32-year-old Wimmer is accused of using a Diner's Club card and another purchasing card that she was issued in 2006 to make personal purchases until April.
According to charging documents, a university auditor discovered that Wimmer used a cut-and-paste technique to create false credit card statements, then turned the statements into the university for reimbursement.
Wimmer also is accused of illegally using the Diner's Club card of a professor.
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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune
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