Employee charged with stealing $550k from Ashford trucking company
An Ashford woman faces theft of property charges in connection with the alleged embezzlement of around $550,000 from an Ashford trucking company.
Starla Ruth Wiggins Ingram was arrested Thursday and charged with four counts of first-degree theft of property. The four counts of theft of property involve around $550,000 stolen from Summerford Trucking in Ashford, Houston County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Bill Rafferty said. According to Rafferty, Ingram may have stolen as much as $900,000 from the company.
Ingram worked as an office manager for the company; the thefts occurred over time, Rafferty said, adding that an internal investigation by the company owner turned up suspicious transactions that the sheriff’s office later investigated.
Ingram is currently out on a $120,000 bond from the Houston County Jail.
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