Starbucks embezzler sentenced to four years

2002-11-23
by Noel S. Brady
Journal Reporter

BELLEVUE - The woman responsible for the biggest embezzlement scheme in King County history was sentenced Friday to four years in prison.

Rosemary Heinen of Bellevue claimed a combination of psychiatric disorders left her in a trance-like state and caused her to write hundreds of invoices from a phony company she set up to receive 48 checks for nearly $4 million from her employer, Starbucks Coffee Co.

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