A former administrative assistant in Maine faces four charges of wire fraud after authorities charged her with stealing more than $400,000 from her employer by depositing more than 200 checks into her own account.

The worker, who is a former employee of a Westbrook engineering firm, is charged with intercepting checks the firm had written to vendors and received from clients, the Bangor Daily News reported on Tuesday.

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An FBI affidavit states the worker stole the checks between April 2018 and September 2021. Several vendors contacted the engineering firm about unpaid bills.

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From 2019 to 2021, Maine authorities claim over $400,000 in more than 200 checks was stolen from a Maine business by an employee.

The worker was released from custody on Oct. 6. An attorney for the worker declined to comment.

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