A former bookkeeper was sentenced Wednesday to more than five years in prison for embezzling funds from a Newport News medical practice and then obtaining a fraudulent SBA-guaranteed loan using the identification information of her father.
According to court documents, Amanda Viglietta, 32, of Newport News, was employed as the bookkeeper for Advanced ENT & Allergy from April through December 2016.
In the course of her employment, Viglietta forged her employer’s signature on checks from Advanced ENT’s TowneBank account and caused such checks to be issued to herself, her boyfriend and to other people and businesses to whom and which she owed money.
Prosecutors said Viglietta made fraudulent entries in the QuickBooks records of Advanced ENT and created fake invoices. Vigilietta also made unauthorized and fraudulent use of the credit/debit cards associated with Advanced ENT.
Altogether, she misappropriated approximately $180,000 from Advanced ENT, prosecutors said.
After the misappropriation from Advanced ENT came to light and Viglietta was terminated in December 2016, she established a limited liability company called Mumbling Mikes, LLC.
In February 2017, using that entity, she made application and obtained a United States Small Business Administration guaranteed loan from Celtic Bank, using identifying information of her father, without his knowledge or authorization. Viglietta obtained approximately $148,400 in loan funds and used large portions of that business loan on personal expenses, prosecutors said.
