Louisiana Woman Arrested for Misapplication of More than $2 Million in Payments
Louisiana Woman Arrested for Misapplication of More than $2 Million in Payments
Published July 15, 2021
A Mandeville, Louisiana woman was arrested July 13, 2021, by Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives after an investigation revealed she failed to pay contractors she hired to complete a job.
On November 13, 2019, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives received a complaint from a local company about the misapplication of contractor payments. The complainant advised detectives they entered into a barge transportation agreement with the woman, the CEO, for her company to provide services and logistics to transport sand to a construction project, by barge from Westlake to Cameron Parish, in Southwest Louisiana. In August 2019, CPSO detectives were also told by the complainant that they were contacted by several companies that were contracted to help complete the project, stating they were not paid for the services they provided while transporting the sand. During the investigation, detectives learned that the woman had received more than $2 million using an accounts receivable financing company to initially fund the job. According to information released by the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office, the agreement was for the complainant’s company to pay the invoices through the receivable financing company, to cover the upfront financing the woman was given.
It was later discovered that the complainant’s company was making payments, but she had failed to pay the companies she contracted out to complete the job. The report was turned over to the District Attorney’s Office and charges were later accepted and a warrant was issued for her arrest after a lengthy investigation.
On July 13, 2021, she was arrested and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center and charged with contractor misapplication of payments. She was released later the same day on a $50,000 bond set by Judge Kendrick Guidry.
CPSO Detective John Melton is the lead investigator on this case.
Featured image source: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office
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