Julissa Rauhut, 45, formerly of Springfield, was convicted Sept. 24 on five counts of wire fraud after embezzling over $186,000 from her employer from 2008 to 2011.
Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Earl L. Cook, Alexandria Chief of Police, made the announcement after the verdict was accepted by U.S. District Judge James C. Cacheris.
Rauhut was indicted on May 22, 2014 by a federal grand jury on the wire fraud charges. According to court records and evidence at trial, between December 2008 and August 2011, Rauhut worked as a personal assistant at a law firm in Alexandria. While there she stole 120 checks and 64 money orders that were intended as payments to her employer and deposited them into her personal checking account at Bank of America. In total, Rauhut embezzled $186,178.93.
Rauhut faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for each count when she is sentenced on Dec. 18.