Ex-Worker Gets 5 Years for Embezzlement
A former custodial supervisor for the Inglewood Unified School District has been sentenced to five years in state prison for putting more than 25 phantom employees on the payroll and embezzling more than $150,000, Deputy Dist. Atty. Dan Nixon said.
Andrew Truesdale, 50, was given three years for misappropriation of funds and two years for taking in excess of $150,000.
Superior Court Judge Linda Lefkowitz on Wednesday also ordered Truesdale to return more than $200,000 to the school district.
Truesdale was arrested in October 1996, nearly one year after police launched an investigation of a scheme in which Truesdale’s friends and relatives were recruited to fill out time sheets and collect paychecks and return most of the money to Truesdale. A Superior Court jury convicted him earlier this month.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
