Woman charged in embezzlement case

Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003 | 9:42 a.m.

A former bank executive's assistant was arrested in Las Vegas on Wednesday and charged with embezzling more than $5 million from her former employer's personal accounts and failing to pay income taxes.

Darlene Gentry, 53, formerly of Princeton, West Windsor and Middletown, N.J., allegedly spent the money buying three homes, shopping for art, furniture and clothing and extensive international travel, U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said in Newark, N.J.

Gentry, who lives in Las Vegas, was arrested Wednesday at the office of First American Title Co., where she was working. After an initial appearance, she was ordered to return to New Jersey for an appearance in federal court in Newark on Nov. 19.

The complaint charges Gentry with mail fraud and tax evasion from 1995 through 2001, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Stuart Rabner, chief of the criminal division.

Gentry faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the mail fraud charge and up to five years in prison and a $100,000 on the tax evasion charge.

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